رابطه استرس شغلی، کیفیت زندگی کاری و تمایل به ترک شغل در پرستاران بیمارستا نهای دولتی و خصوصی شهرهای منتخب استان گیلان در سال 1395

Introduction and purpose: Nurses&rsquo; intention to leave is one of the key nursing&nbsp;managerial issues. There are many factors affecting the turnover of the nurses,&nbsp;such as occupational stress and quality of work life (QWL). The aim of this&nbsp;study was to investigate the relationship between job stress, QWL, and turnover&nbsp;intention among the hospital nurses.&nbsp;Methods: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted on 274 nurses&nbsp;of public and private hospitals in Guilan province, Iran, in 2016. The study&nbsp;population was selected through stratified random sampling technique. The data&nbsp;were collected using the&nbsp; Eliot&rsquo;s job stress (1994), Walton&rsquo;s QWL (1973), and&nbsp;Kim&rsquo;s intention to leave (2007) questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out&nbsp;using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and Pearson correlation&nbsp;coefficients in SPSS, version 22.&nbsp;Results: According to the results, hospital nurses had moderate levels of&nbsp;occupational stress, QWL, and intention to leave. The level of occupational&nbsp;stress and intention to leave were significantly higher among the nurses of&nbsp;private hospitals than among those working in public hospitals (P<0.05).&nbsp;Furthermore, there was an indirect correlation between QWL and turnover&nbsp;intentions (r=-0.461, P<0.01). On the other hand, occupational stress was&nbsp;positively associated with nurses&rsquo; intention to leave (r= 0.483, P<0.01).&nbsp;Conclusion: As the findings indicated, intention to leave showed a significance&nbsp;relationship with occupational stress and QWL. In order to retain qualified and&nbsp;skillful workforce, the hospital managers should apply appropriate policies and&nbsp;strategies to improve QWL and reduce occupational stress.