The Influence of Job Crafting on Nurses' Intent to Stay: A Cross-Sectional Study

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Healthcare Management
• Organizational Psychology

Background:

• High nurse turnover rates negatively impact patient outcomes and increase healthcare costs.
• Job dissatisfaction and burnout contribute to nurses' intention to leave.
• Job crafting offers a proactive strategy to improve nurse engagement and retention.

Purpose of the Study:

• To analyze nurses' job crafting behaviors.
• To examine the relationship between job crafting and nurses' intention to stay in their jobs or leave the profession.

Main Methods:

• Cross-sectional, correlational study with 284 registered nurses.
• Utilized a self-reported online questionnaire with the Spanish version of the Job Crafting Scale.
• Employed Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman correlation analyses.

Main Results:

• Nurses demonstrated a high level of job crafting.
• Lower scores in 'Decreasing hindering job demands' correlated with a reduced intention to stay.
• Higher 'Decreasing hindering job demands' scores were linked to a lower intention to leave the nursing profession.

Conclusions:

• Improving nurses' ability to 'decrease hindering job demands' can enhance retention.
• Strategies include workload and time management, supportive supervision, and resource availability.
• Nursing leaders should prioritize developing this job crafting skill to combat the global nursing shortage.