Mediating effects of social support, mental health between stress overload, fatigue and turnover intention among operating theatre nurses.

Background: The high rate of nurses turnover and nursing staff shortage have been an ongoing concern issue and a challenge for global health systems. To explore the turnover intention among operating theatre nurses, and to test the hypothetical model for estimating the effects of stress overload and fatigue between social support, mental health and turnover intention.

Design: a multi-center and cross-sectional online survey.