Correlation between Job Satisfaction, Job Burnout and Turnover Intention of Surgical Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study in China

Abstract Aim: To determine the correlation between job satisfaction, job burnout and turnover intention of surgical nurses.Background: Quite a number of studies have shown that there is a certain correlation between job satisfaction and job burnout of nurses, but researches on job satisfaction, job burnout and turnover intention of surgical nurses are relatively rare.Design: A descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Study participants were recruited from surgical nurses from Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University in Nantong, China. The main research method is questionnaire survey. The relationship between job satisfaction and job burnout and turnover intention of surgical nurses was analyzed by single factor analysis and correlation analysis.Results: A total of 506 participants was recruited from April to August 2020. The results show that there were significant differences in age and annual income of surgical nurses (P < 0.05). The job satisfaction level of surgical nurses was negatively correlated with emotional exhaustion of job burnout scale (r = -0.292, P < 0.05), negatively correlated with depersonalization (r = -0.424, P < 0.05), and negatively correlated with turnover intention (r = -0.375, P < 0.05).Conclusion: The findings indicate that the job satisfaction level of surgical nurses needs to be improved. Nursing managers should pay attention to the construction of hospital organization and culture, actively create supportive nursing work environment, strengthen the vocational training of junior nurses, further optimize the distribution of nursing human resources and welfare, reduce the job burnout and turnover rate of surgical nurses, and improve the job satisfaction of external nurses, so as to ultimately improve the quality of nursing.