Lee I-Chen, Tai Shih-I, Lin Yi-An, Yu Wen-Pin, Teng Ching-I, Chang Hao-Yuan
Department of Industrial and Business Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Business and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Int Nurs Rev. 2025 Sep;72(3):e70078. doi: 10.1111/inr.70078.
To investigate how humor use by nurse supervisors, reduced time pressure, and years in the profession jointly reduce nurse turnover intention.
Nurses encounter various workplace stressors that cause negative outcomes. Humor use among nurse supervisors is known to help form cohesive relationships and reduce job burnout. However, it is unclear how this humor use by nurse supervisors can help reduce nurse turnover intention.
This research employed a cross-sectional design and collected a sample representative of a medical center. Our research was conducted in a Taiwanese medical center from October to November 2023. Proportionate random sampling was used to survey and obtain valid responses from 534 registered nurses. Regression analyses were performed to test the model. The STROBE statement was chosen as the EQUATOR checklist.
Humor use by nurse supervisors was negatively related to nurses' turnover intention, and such humor use mitigated the relationship between years in the profession and reduced turnover intention among nurses.
Our study took the lead in examining when and how cautious humor use by nurse supervisors can help reduce nurse turnover intention. Such humor use helps reduce turnover intention among novice nurses.
Nursing policymakers could consider enhancing nurse supervisors' skills in using humor to help maintain a competent nursing workforce.
探讨护士长运用幽默、减轻时间压力以及工作年限如何共同降低护士离职意愿。
护士面临各种导致负面结果的工作压力源。已知护士长运用幽默有助于建立融洽的关系并减少职业倦怠。然而,尚不清楚护士长的这种幽默运用如何有助于降低护士的离职意愿。
本研究采用横断面设计,收集了某医疗中心具有代表性的样本。我们的研究于2023年10月至11月在台湾一家医疗中心进行。采用按比例随机抽样的方法对534名注册护士进行调查并获得有效回复。进行回归分析以检验模型。选择STROBE声明作为EQUATOR清单。
护士长运用幽默与护士的离职意愿呈负相关,且这种幽默运用减轻了工作年限与护士离职意愿降低之间的关系。
我们的研究率先探讨了护士长谨慎运用幽默在何时以及如何有助于降低护士离职意愿。这种幽默运用有助于降低新手护士的离职意愿。
护理政策制定者可考虑提高护士长运用幽默的技巧,以帮助维持一支称职的护理队伍。