Abstract
Background: Turnover intension in nursing profession continuously increases because of workload and burnout. Nurses constantly dealing with physical and psychological stress, diminish mental health, anxiety, depression and exhaustion because of these efforts nurses are frequently quitting their jobs and professions. Increase turnover causes shortage of staff in hospitals and it directly impacts on the mental health of nurse, reducing professional productivity. Nurses are burdened because of multiple elements, including long shift hours, organizational requirement, shortage of staff and shift tasks. These factors may lead to physical tiredness and psychological exhaustion, which can cause burnout and raises turnover.
Methodology: A cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted to collect data from 114 registered nurses self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The data were summarized in terms of descriptive statistics like frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations and inferential statistics like chi-square test and Pearson correlation were used to establish associations and relationships between variables.
Results: A total of 114 nursing participants were surveyed, and the key academic outcomes are, the nursing workforce surveyed was mainly female (73.7%, n=84), and male (26.3%, n=30). 71.9% of the nurses in the hospital were experiencing moderate level of Burnout and 11.4% were under high level of Burnout. Likewise, 64.9% have moderate level of intentions to leave their jobs.
Conclusion: The results indicate that job-related burnout and turnover intentions are the crucial challenges among nurses of private healthcare units. The factual data exposed that considerable fraction of nurses are experiencing moderate to high grade emotional exhaustion. Approaches to minimize job-related burnout and intentions of turnover, such as by reducing or managing workload and promoting cooperative work environment, should be given precedence by healthcare organizations or institutes to ensure the delivery of excellent patient care