Journal of Nursing & Care

Gugsa Nemera Germossa

Publications

• Research Article
  Intention to Stay in Nursing Profession and Its Predictors among Nurses Working in Jimma Zone Public Hospitals, South West Ethiopia
  Author(s): Admasu Belay Gizaw, Tefera Belachew Lema, Wadu Wolancho Debancho and Gugsa Nemera GermossaAdmasu Belay Gizaw, Tefera Belachew Lema, Wadu Wolancho Debancho and Gugsa Nemera Germossa
  
  Background: Hospitals are facing difficulties to providing a consistent level of quality nursing care in a fastchanging health environment due to the shortage of experienced nurses which is a critical global issue. A number of nurses were quitting their profession to continue career in another profession in clinical and non-clinical fields. Factors that cause these problems were not investigated in Ethiopia yet. This study aims to assess the level of intention to stay in the nursing profession and its predictors among nurses working in Jimma Zone public Hospitals.Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 317 nurses. Structured self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were entered and cleaned by using Epi-data version 3.1 then exported to IBM SPSS version 20 for analysis. Independent sample t-test, .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000440

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