Turnover among Nurses in Private Hospitals

This descriptive research has been undertaken with the objectives of identifying the causes of voluntary turnover of nurse, comparing the causes of turnover and examining the relationship between demographic variables of the nurses and causes of turnover. The study has sampled 60 female nurses from 25 leading private multi speciality hospital in Tirunelveli city, Tamilnadu by using both convenient and judgement sampling methods. The study has analysed the causes of turnover under nine dimensions namely organization structure and policy, work load, salary and work shift, respect and professionalism, discrimination and harassment, career development, personal and family life, facilities and safety, criticism and conflict, leadership and support related factors. Hypotheses have been framed and tested. Percentages, weighted average, mean, standard deviation and chi square methods have been used as tools to analyse the collected data. The most important factors identified from all nine dimensions of causes of turnover are as follows: force towards bond (agreement) work, long working hours, lack of respect, disparity of the management in terms of salary and treatment of the employees, high salary in other hospitals, marriage, absence of accommodation facilities, criticism by higher authorities (e.g. doctors, surgeons, administrators) in front of the patients and autocratic leadership style and inadequate concern towards emergency situations of the employees. The study has given suitable suggestions to control and prevent the turnover of nurses.