Effects of External Employment Opportunities, Nursing Professionalism, and Nursing Work Environments on Korean Hospital Nurses' Intent to Stay or Leave.

This study aims to explore Korean Hospital nurses' intent to stay or leave their working environment, and to identify the difference between the intent to stay and the intent to leave by identifying the relationship between external employment opportunities, professionalism, and work environment. Data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using stepwise multiple regression analysis. As a result of the analysis, the intent to stay among Korean hospital nurses was influenced by the work environment, external employment opportunities, education level, and marital status, whereas the intent to leave was influenced by the nursing work environment, marital status, and total clinical experience.

A study on the intent to leave and stay among hospital nurses in Korea: A cross-sectional survey.

Aims: To investigate the intent to leave or stay among Korean hospital nurses, and to identify what factors influence their intent to leave or stay.

Background: Previous studies have simply measured nurses' intent to leave or stay; however, this study examines the associations of intent to leave and intent to stay with influential factors among Korean hospital nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 267 nurses working at four general hospitals in South Korea.

[Chronically Ill Patients' Perception of Hospital Nurses].

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative research was to investigate chronically ill patients' perception of hospital nurses.

Methods: Individual in-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis were used for data collection and analysis respectively. Participants were 13 chronically ill hospitalized patients or outpatients in three universities hospitals.

[Development of Job Satisfaction Scale for Clinical Nurses].

Purpose: This study was performed to develop the Job Satisfaction Scale for Clinical Nurses (JSS-CN) and verify its validity and reliability.

Methods: A preliminary 42-item version of the JSS-CN was developed through literature reviews and in-depth interviews. The draft scale was developed using thirty-seven items selected following content validity evaluation.

[Influences of Hospital Nurses' perceived reciprocity and Emotional Labor on Quality of Nursing Service and Intent to Leave].

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the relationship among reciprocity, emotional labor, nursing service quality and intent to leave, and to identify factors influencing nursing service quality and intent to leave.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey. Participants were 300 nurses working at five general hospitals in two provincial cities in Gyeongsang Province, Korea.

[Leadership Experience of Clinical Nurses: Applying Focus Group Interviews].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the leadership experience of clinical nurses.

Methods: During 2014, data were collected using focus group interviews. Three focus group interviews were held with a total of 20 clinical nurses participating.

A comparative study of patients' and nurses' perceptions of the quality of nursing services, satisfaction and intent to revisit the hospital: a questionnaire survey.

Background: Although it is very important to clarify the factors influencing the patients' and nurses' satisfaction with nursing services, very little research has been performed in this area.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the nursing service quality, satisfaction and intent to revisit the hospital perceived by hospitalized patients and nurses in Korea.

Methods: SERVQUAL scale, an overall satisfaction and intent to revisit the hospital questionnaires were used.

[A comparative study of how subjects' characteristics and nursing service quality influence on hospital revisiting intent between patients and nurses].

Purpose: This study was aimed to examine how subjects' characteristics and nursing service quality influence hospital revisiting intent, to compare perceptions of patients with those of nurses.

Method: The questionnaire was developed and distributed to 300 patients and nurses at six general hospitals in a provincial city, Korea. For data analysis, the SPSS/PC program was used.

[A study of the nursing service perceived by consumers and providers, and the tool that measures nursing service].

Purpose: This study was performed to measure the nursing service perceived value by consumer and providers, and to investigate the relationship among nursing service, general satisfaction and hospital revisiting intent, and to examine the tools that measures nursing service's reliability, construct validity and usefulness.

Method: The questionnaire was developed and distributed to 300 patients and 210 nurses at three general hospitals. For data analysis, SPSS/PC program was used.

[A study of the nursing service quality and gap perceived by consumers].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a tool that measures the quality of nursing service, to measure the quality of nursing service perceived by consumers, and to identify the gaps between ideal and actual nursing services.

Method: A questionnaire was developed and distributed to 300 people who had been hospitalized in one of six general hospitals with quality of nursing services in five provincial cities in Korea. For data analysis, the SPSS/WIN(ver 10.