Table 3 Factors affecting newly licensed nurses’ turnover

I. Personal factors

Demographics

 Age

1, 3, 6^a

3

1

6^a

 Sex (male)

1, 3, 6^a, 7

1, 3

7

6^a

 Ethnicity (White)

1, 3

1, 3

 First language (English)

1

1

 Married (not)

1, 2^b, 3

1, 3

2^b

 Spousal income

1

1

 Income from other sources

1

1

Presence of dependents

 Number of children living at home

1, 3

1, 3

 Children less than 6 years old

1, 3

1, 3

Education

 Nursing degree (associate)

1, 3

1, 3

 Highest educational level (vocational nursing school)

8

8

 Graduation year in 2010 (2008)

7

7

Times took NCLEX

1

1

Job status

 Whether nursing was a second career

3

3

Health

 Overall health

1

1

 Positive affectivity

1

1

 Negative affectivity

1

1

 Trajectories of sleep disturbance

5

5

 Unhealthy lifestyle group (discordant group)

4^c

4^c

II. Work environment factors

Work attributes

 Staff·General duty nurse (no)

1

1

 First RN job: formal orientation (no)

1

1

 First RN job: reduced workload (no)

1

1

 Hold more than one job (no)

1

1

 Income or salary

6^a, 7

7

6^a

 Imputed wage

1

1

 RN benefits-formal education (no)

1

1

 Total number of RN benefits

1

1

 Importance of benefits from RN job (not important)

1

1

 Months worked in current job/Organizational tenure

1, 3

1, 3

 Type of shift/Number of shifts floating

1

1

 Previous work experience-another healthcare job (no)

1

1

 Externship/Internship

1

1

 Job status (permanent)

6^a

6^a

 Working full time (part-time status)

1, 3

1

3

 Current position (staff nurse)

3

3

 Mandatory overtime

1

1

 Voluntary overtime

1

1

 Patient load

1

1

 Typical work schedule (day shift)

1

1

 Number of times change in supervisor

1

1

 Part of a union

1

1

 Length of commute

3

3

Work attitudes

 Intent to stay

1

1

 Work motivation

1

1

 Job search behavior

1

1

 Job satisfaction

1

1

 Satisfaction

 Pay or income

6^a

6^a

 Stability of employment

6^a

6^a

 Potential for personal growth

6^a

6^a

 Advancement system

6^a

6^a

 Social reputation for the job

6^a

6^a

 Autonomy and authority for the job

6^a

6^a

 Work hours

6^a

6^a

 Social insurances and fringe benefits

6^a

6^a

 Physical work environment

2^b, 6^a

2^b, 6^a

 Interpersonal relationship

2^b, 6^a

2^b, 6^a

 Work content

2^b

2^b

 Workplace/Organization

7, 9^d, 10

10

7

9^d

 Profession

7

7

 Ward assignment preference

8

8

 Organizational commitment

1

1

 Organizational embeddedness

3

3

 Community embeddedness

3

3

 Organizational and community embeddedness item summed scores

3

3

 Variety

1

1

 Autonomy

1

1

 Mentor support/Supervisory support

1

1

 Support from peers

8, 9^d

8

9^d

 Workgroup cohesion/Collegial RN-MD relations

1

1

 Distributive justice/Procedural justice

1

1

 Promotional opportunities

1

1

 Quantitative workload

1

1

 Organizational constraints

1

1

 Work family conflict

1

1

 Family work conflict

1

1

 Job stress

4^c

4^c

4^c

4^c

4^c

4^c

 Boss support/Peer support

4^c

4^c

 Physical exhaustion/Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization

10

10

Shocks

 Sprains or strains

1

1

 Needle sticks/Verbal abuse

1

1

III. Nursing unit factor

 Unit type

1

1

IV. Hospital factors

 Magnet hospital

1

1

 Hospital size

2^b

2^b

 Hospital location (nonmetropolitan)

2^b

2^b

 Hospital location in Tokyo

10

10

 Presence of union (nonunionized)

2^b, 7

7

2^b

 Number of employees

6^a

6^a

 Interaction of hospital size and salary (small, <  2.0 million won)

7

7

V. Community factors

 Local job opportunity

1

1

 Non-local job opportunity

1

1

 Percent of all persons in HMOs

1

1

 Beds per 1000 population

1, 6^a

1

6^a

 Number of hospitals in region

6^a

6^a

 Number of nurses per 100 beds

6^a

6^a

 Unemployment rate

1

1

 MSA

1

1