Abstract
Background: Few studies had examined whether headaches impact emotional exhaustion among nurses, and nurses’ intentions to leave the hospital (current employer) or nursing profession. Objectives/Aims/Hypotheses: To examine the impact of headaches on nurses’ self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion, and nurses’ intentions to leave the hospital or the profession. Design: A cross-sectional survey design with proportional random sampling was used to collect data. Methods: This study was conducted in one medical center in Taiwan during February and March 2017. Inclusion criteria were full-time registered nurses. Totally, 570 full-time registered nurses were surveyed. Results: Nurse headaches were positively related to emotional exhaustion, which was positively related to the intention to leave the hospital, further positively related to the intention to leave the profession. Self-efficacy was negatively related to the intention to leave the profession. Impact statement and Conclusions: Our findings advise nurse managers to take actions to reduce nurses’ headaches.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 160-170 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Contemporary Nurse |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 03 03 2020 |
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