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Michelle Hopson1, Laura Petri, Joseph Kufera
1Michelle Hopson, MSN, RN-BC, is Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Laura Petri, PhD, RN-BC, is Director of Nursing Education and Research, Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Joseph Kufera, MA, is Statistician, Kufera Consulting, Inc, Monkton, Maryland.
Abstract:
Job embeddedness considers job satisfaction while incorporating the concepts of environment and community. This exploratory, mixed methods study used the Job Embeddedness Instrument to examine factors that influence retention of acute care nurses. Qualitative methods informed the survey results. Increasing age, ties to community, and peer relationships were found to be most indicative of job embeddedness. Nursing professional development practitioners can impact retention by focusing on factors that encourage nurses to stay in their positions.
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