School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan 333323, Taiwan.
Department of Nursing, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333423, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 15;18(14):7546. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147546.
The current shortage of nurses is an important global issue. Most male nurses leave nursing within four years of starting their nursing career. It is crucial to understand the influencing factors on newly graduated male nurses staying in nursing. Previous studies on intentions to stay as nurses were seldom based on theory and failed to consider the differences between genders. Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study tested the model that social support, resilience, and nursing professional commitment influence the intention to stay and the mediating effect of nursing professional commitment in the above relationship. This cross-sectional study adopted purposive and snowball sampling methods. Data were collected using online questionnaire, and 272 newly graduated male nurses completed it. The hypothetical model had a good fit with the data. Nursing professional commitment had a complete mediating effect between social support and intention to stay and between resilience and intention to stay. Nursing professional commitment was highly positively correlated to intention to stay. It is suggested that future research and practice should enhance male nurses' professional commitment to increase their intention to stay. The findings can serve as reference for developing newly graduated male nurse retention programs.
当前护士短缺是一个重要的全球性问题。大多数男护士在开始护理职业生涯的四年内离开护理行业。了解影响新毕业男护士留在护理行业的因素至关重要。先前关于护士留职意愿的研究很少基于理论，也没有考虑到性别差异。本研究基于工作要求-资源（JD-R）模型，检验了社会支持、韧性和护理专业承诺对留职意愿的影响，以及护理专业承诺在上述关系中的中介作用。这项横断面研究采用了目的性和滚雪球抽样方法。通过在线问卷收集数据，共有 272 名新毕业男护士完成了问卷。假设模型与数据拟合良好。护理专业承诺在社会支持与留职意愿之间以及韧性与留职意愿之间具有完全中介作用。护理专业承诺与留职意愿呈高度正相关。因此，建议未来的研究和实践应增强男护士的专业承诺，以提高他们的留职意愿。研究结果可为制定新毕业男护士留用方案提供参考。
