THE ROLE OF MORAL DISTRESS AND JOB BURNOUT IN THE PREDICTION OF TURNOVER INTENTION AMONG NURSES

Turnover intention is one of the professional challenges of nurses. The aim of the present study is investigating the role of moral distress and job burnout in predicting the turnover intention among nurses.
This study is a descriptive-correlation type, the population of this research included all the Aleshtar hospital nurses (N=60). All of the nurses enrolled into this study, and they answered to Corley (2001) moral distress questionnaire, Common (1979) et al turnover intention questionnaire, and Maslach et al (1996) Burnout questionnaire. To analyze the data, we used the Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis simultaneously.
The results showed that there was positive correlation between turnover intention and job burnout (P The results of this study emphasize the importance of the role of job burnout in the turnover intention among nurses. The related organizations should understand the reasons and factors affecting the turnover intention of their staffs by using the correct information and predications, and effective management strategy.