Campus Location
Dallas Campus (Online)
Date of Award
4-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Department
Organizational Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Jeffry White
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Simone Elias
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Andrew Lumpe
Abstract
Medical-surgical nursing unit nurse turnover rates of over 20% annually are consistently higher than other RN specialty turnover rates. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between medical-surgical nurses’ ages, levels of education, and turnover intentions. Ninety-one medical-surgical nurse managers (NMs) recruited from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex responded to the survey questionnaire. The study used inferential statistics. The result of the analyses showed a negative association between educational attainment and turnover rates; however, the relationship was insignificant, rs(91) = -.251, p = .016. The second set of hypotheses considered the relationship between NMs’ tenure and their units’ turnover rates. The result showed a significant negative correlation between years as a manager and turnover rates, rs(91) = -.262, p = .012. The third set of hypotheses considered the relationship between the NMs’ ages and their units’ turnover rates. The result showed a negative correlation between age and turnover, rs(91) = -.273, p = .009. The fourth set of hypotheses considered the relationship between the NMs’ genders and their units’ turnover rates. The result showed a negative correlation between gender and turnover; however, the relationship was determined as insignificant, rs(91) = -.103, p = .0.332.
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Recommended Citation
Summers, John B., "Relationship Between Medical-Surgical Nurse Manager Age, Level of Education, Gender, Tenure, and Staff Nurse Turnover" (2021). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 340.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/340