RT Article
T1 Factors Predicting Nurses' Consideration of Leaving their Job During the Sars Outbreak
JF Nursing ethics
VO 14
IS 1
SP 5
OP 17
A1 Shiao, Judith Shu-Chu
A1 Koh, David
A1 Lo, Li-Hua
A1 Lim, Meng-Kin
A1 Guo, Yueliang Leon
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2007
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779445024
AB Taiwan was affected by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in early 2003. A questionnaire survey was conducted to determine (1) the perceptions of risk of SARS infection in nurses; (2) the proportion of nurses considering leaving their job; and (3) work as well as non-work factors related to nurses' consideration of leaving their job because of the SARS outbreak. Nearly three quarters (71.9%) of the participants believed they were 'at great risk of exposure to SARS', 49.9% felt'an increase in workload', and 32.4% thought that people avoided them because of their job; 7.6% of the nurses not only considered that they should not care for SARS patients but were looking for another job or considering resignation. The main predictors of nurses' consideration of leaving their job were shorter tenure, increased work stress, perceived risk of fatality from SARS, and affected social relationships. The findings are important in view of potential impending threats of pandemics such as avian influenza.
K1 SARS
K1 leaving the job
K1 infectious disease outbreak
DO 10.1177/0969733007071350