A comparison of work characteristics and health status between Korean and US hospital nurses.

Aim: A rigorous examination of the occupational features across cultures helps draw policy recommendations for nurses' quality care practices and good health. This study aimed to explore the differences in work characteristics and health status between Korean and US hospital nurses.

Design: For this comparative secondary data analysis study, we constructed a dataset with 304 pairs of nurses from Korea and the United States, matched by age and gender.

Novice nurses' sleep disturbance trajectories within the first 2 years of work and actual turnover: A prospective longitudinal study.

Background: Novice nurses experience radical changes in their sleep-wake cycle and sleep difficulties after exposure to a rotating shift work schedule. The link between workplace hardship and employee turnover may be dependent on factors at the individual level, e.g.

Pre-employment health lifestyle profiles and actual turnover among newly graduated nurses: A descriptive and prospective longitudinal study.

Background: Newly graduated nurses' pre-employment health lifestyles play particularly important roles in their smooth adaptation to and retention in clinical nursing; however, the longitudinal relationship between pre-employment health lifestyles and work outcomes, such as turnover, remains underexamined. To identify the health lifestyle profiles of specific populations of interest, recent studies have employed multifaceted approaches using health behaviors and/or statuses.

Objectives: To identify the pre-employment health lifestyle profiles of newly graduated nurses, and to examine the longitudinal relationships between health lifestyle profiles and actual turnover.