Influences of New Nurse-Preceptor Exchange Relationships and Burnout on Intention to Stay at Work among New Nurses

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to survey the exchange relationship with the preceptor, burnout, and intention to work of new nurses at a university hospital, and to identify the factors influencing the retention intention of new nurses. The participants were 170 nurses from one university hospital located in J province. Data were collected between February 2, 2023 to March 2, 2023 from a self-administered questionnaire and were analyzed using the t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis with the SPSS 28.0 program. The exchange relationship with the preceptor showed a significant correlation with the intention to stay at work (r=.33, p<.001). Burnout was found to have a significant negative correlation with intention to stay at work (r=-.54, p<.001). Through multiple regression analysis, the factors influencing the subject's intention to stay at work in this model were in the order of burnout (β=-.47, p=.027) and exchange relationship with the preceptor (β=.18, p=.007). The explanatory power of was about 32.9% (F=11.35, p<.001). In order to improve the intention to stay at work of new nurses, various institutional devices should be prepared so that they can continue to work in hospital, and systematic education programs should be developed to reduce burnout.