{"title":"The effect of nursing services management efficiency on nurses' professional commitment: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Sevda Arslan Seker, Simge Coskun Palaz","doi":"10.1111/inr.13003","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine the effect of nurses' perceptions of the effectiveness of nursing services management on their professional commitment.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Effective healthcare management is crucial for improving patient care quality. Understanding nurses' perspectives on nursing services management and their commitment provides valuable insights for management strategies, improving well-being and healthcare outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study involved 265 state hospital nurses. Data were collected between November 2020 and June 2021 using descriptive characteristic form, Nursing Services Management Effectiveness Scale, and Nursing Professional Commitment Scale. This study adhered to the STROBE checklist.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurses' views on the effectiveness of nursing services management and their professional commitment were found to be influenced by age, professional experience, and institutional positions. The average scores for nursing services management perception and professional commitment were 2.65 ± 0.72 and 66.63 ± 12.40, respectively. A statistically significant positive and low-level correlation was observed between nurses' nursing services management perception and professional commitment scores. Nurses' positive perception of nursing services management explains 17.1% of the variance in nurses' professional commitment levels.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>This study outlines how nurses' views on effective nursing services management can enhance their professional commitment. Managers should contribute to increase nursing services management efficacy by eliminating deficiencies in management practices to make their institutions successful and to increase their employees' professional commitment level.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing and health policy: </strong>Assuming positive perceptions of nursing management increase nurses' professional commitment, developing policies to boost organizational support is vital. Managers should focus on improving nursing services management to increase organizational success, increase nurses' professional commitment, and achieve the best health outcomes by eliminating management deficiencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13003"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11740411/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasin M Yasin, Areej Al-Hamad, Kateryna Metersky, Vahe Kehyayan
{"title":"Incorporation of artificial intelligence into nursing research: A scoping review.","authors":"Yasin M Yasin, Areej Al-Hamad, Kateryna Metersky, Vahe Kehyayan","doi":"10.1111/inr.13013","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across different sectors, notably healthcare, is on the rise. However, a thorough exploration of AI's incorporation into nursing research, as well as its advantages and obstacles, is still lacking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this scoping review was to map the roles, benefits, challenges, and potentials for the future development and use of AI in the context of nursing research.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An exhaustive search was conducted across seven databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and ProQuest. Articles were additionally identified through manual examination of reference lists of the articles that were included in the study. The search criteria were restricted to articles published in English between 2010 and 2023. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) approach for scoping reviews and the PRISMA-ScR guidelines guided the processes of source selection, data extraction, and data presentation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty articles met the inclusion criteria, covering topics from ethical considerations to methodological issues and AI's capabilities in data analysis and predictive modeling.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The review identified both the potentials and complexities of integrating AI into nursing research. Ethical and legal considerations warrant a coordinated approach from multiple stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Implication: </strong>The findings emphasized AI's potential to revolutionize nursing research, underscoring the need for ethical guidelines, equitable access, and AI literacy training to ensure its responsible and inclusive use.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13013"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11741909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141536052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychosocial and emotional management of work experience in palliative care nurses: A qualitative exploration.","authors":"Victoria Espejo-Fernández, Pablo Martínez-Angulo","doi":"10.1111/inr.13006","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Palliative care, a crucial aspect of healthcare, faces challenges in psychosocial and emotional management among nurses. With an increasing need for palliative services globally, addressing the emotional well-being of nurses becomes pivotal.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore nurses' psychosocial and emotional work experiences in a palliative care department. The focus is on understanding the challenges, identifying coping strategies, and assessing the impact on professional and private life when facing those experiences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A phenomenologic-hermeneutical study involving semi-structured interviews was conducted to comprehend the lived experiences of ten nurses working in a hospital's palliative care department in Spain. Hermeneutic analysis was employed to extract patterns and insights from their experiences. The COREQ checklist was used to report this study.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Palliative care nurses perceived insufficient preparation in emotional management, grappling with complex family interactions and unique work dynamics. They highlighted the significance of self-protection strategies, experience, clinical sessions, and external resources. Limited training in emotional resilience and challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as organisational barriers. Nurses expressed a desire for enhanced training and resources.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study uncovered a deficiency in the emotional preparedness of palliative care nurses, impacting their professional and personal lives. Despite positive aspects, the emotional toll necessitates attention and intervention.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing policy: </strong>Comprehensive emotional training for palliative care nurses, addressing barriers, providing resources, and acknowledging emotional labour is necessary. Reinstating paused training sessions and considering specific challenges like those posed by the pandemic are vital. Supporting nurses in their professional and private lives is crucial for sustaining quality care in palliative care departments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13006"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11741912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141536054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trajectories of quality of life among disaster victims: A national longitudinal study.","authors":"Haeyoung Lee, Yujeong Kim","doi":"10.1111/inr.13015","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study categorized quality-of-life trajectories among disaster victims in South Korea and identified the characteristics and predictors of each trajectory.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Disaster victims experience tremendous physical and mental distress, which has a long-term impact on their quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional study using data obtained from the fourth Long-term Survey on the Change of Life of Disaster Victims conducted from 2017 to 2019. The study included 257 participants who experienced a typhoon, earthquake, or fire and completed the three-year follow-up. Latent transition analysis was used to identify the potential class of quality-of-life trajectories among disaster victims. Independent t tests, χ<sup>2</sup> tests, and logistic regression were used to identify the predictors of quality-of-life trajectories.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two latent quality-of-life classes were identified: persistent low-level and persistent high-level. Factors associated with the persistent high-level trajectory included higher education level, no injury/disease from the disaster, better subjective health status, higher social support, and lower social maladjustment.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Quality of life early after a disaster is maintained throughout subsequent years; early and active support following disasters is essential to promote its rapid improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Targeted educational programs in disaster-prone areas are recommended to bolster resilience among individuals with lower education. Moreover, governmental and institutional efforts are needed to support victims who lack resources for disaster recovery.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing and health policy: </strong>There is a need to establish community-based social support systems and enhance nurses' disaster response capabilities to support vulnerable groups, with such interventions tailored to reflect disaster-affected victims' unique characteristics and needs, along with ongoing research and evaluation for continuous improvements to nursing practice and disaster response.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13015"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11741910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim L Larson, Marianne R Choufani, Lucyna Płaszewska-Żywko
{"title":"An educational approach to develop intercultural nursing care for refugees from Ukraine: A qualitative study.","authors":"Kim L Larson, Marianne R Choufani, Lucyna Płaszewska-Żywko","doi":"10.1111/inr.13016","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To describe how nurses and nursing students in Poland and the United States perceive the practice of intercultural care of refugees from Ukraine.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Millions of Ukrainian citizens sought safety in other countries when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Nurses in Poland and the United States are positioned to provide nursing care for refugees from Ukraine yet lack intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes to meet refugee needs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This education-focused qualitative description study was conducted in Spring 2023. Eighteen MSN and BSN students from one university in Poland and one university in the United States completed an international virtual exchange course that concentrated on the health and well-being of refugees from Ukraine. Students' reflection papers generated the data for this study. Content analysis was used to systematically structure the data, and themes were inductively derived for an initial understanding of intercultural care for refugees. The COREQ guidelines were followed for reporting study findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Major themes were troubled communication, overlooked trauma-informed care, and compromised vaccine status. Language differences, a gap in nursing knowledge, and cultural variations impeded intercultural care.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>To address intercultural care for refugees from Ukraine, macro- and microlevel factors should be considered. Healthcare facilities need certified interpreters or adequate language-access technology for nurses. Nursing programs might evaluate content on trauma-informed care and cultural competency to meet the needs of war-affected refugees. Leaders from Ukrainian refugee communities could partner with nurses to deliver culturally relevant information to increase vaccine uptake.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Nurses should advocate for inclusion of the WHO competency standards of care for refugees in healthcare policies with emphasis on communication and evidence-informed practice. Placing Ukrainian community leaders on health councils could bridge the gap between refugees and mainstream society.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13016"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11741911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors affecting psychological resilience, self-efficacy and job satisfaction of nurse academics: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Cevriye Ozdemir, Ali Kaplan","doi":"10.1111/inr.13007","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The study aimed to determine the factors affecting psychological resilience, self-efficacy and job satisfaction in nurse academics.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurse academics follow an emotionally and mentally intense career path, along which they are required to balance many different roles and responsibilities, including teaching, research and guidance. However, in some cases, this equilibrium is disrupted and may cause functional disruptions; in achieving this balance, resilience, self-efficacy and job satisfaction play important roles.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data of this cross-sectional study were collected between January and April 2023, and 446 nurse academics were included in the study. The Descriptive Characteristics Information Form, Brief Psychological Resilience Scale (BPRS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) were used to collect the research data.We adhered to the STROBE checklist for reporting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant positive relationship was found between general self-efficacy levels and psychological resilience and job satisfaction levels. There is a significant positive relationship between job satisfaction levels and age, total years of service, psychological resilience and general self-efficacy levels. In addition, it has been noted that family relationships, friend relationships and academic title factors were effective on the nurse academics' psychological resilience, self-efficacy and job satisfaction levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Managers can play an important role in increasing the psychological resilience, self-efficacy and job satisfaction levels of nurse academics by developing strategies for these effective factors.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing and nursing policy: </strong>Governments need to ensure that nurse academics have an appropriate career framework that enables them to balance the competing demands on their time and that they have adequate mentoring and support in the early stages of their careers to enable them to adapt to working life as a nurse academic.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13007"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11740409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of a disincentive policy on behavioral changes by South Korean medical institutions that do not submit official nursing grade data.","authors":"Yunmi Kim, Kyounga Lee, Minho Jung","doi":"10.1111/inr.12956","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.12956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to determine whether the policy of imposing deductions on medical institutions in South Korea led to increased submission of nursing grade data.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>In Korea, medical institutions are required to report data on their nursing workforce; however, many institutions did not comply with this regulation, making it difficult to gauge their level of nurse staffing. Therefore, in 2020, a nursing fee deduction policy was introduced that penalizes medical institutions financially for failing to submit nursing workforce data.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We prospectively collected data on the characteristics, nursing grade, and data submission status of 1,200 hospitals in South Korea from 2015 to 2021. We analyzed the submission rate of data related to nursing grades according to the characteristics of the medical institutions and evaluated the effect of policy change on data submission status using multiple logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The submission rate of data increased from 50.2% in 2015 to 93.3% in 2021, and 39.3% of medical institutions that had not previously submitted data did so after the policy was introduced. The submission rate of medical institutions unaffected by the policy also increased after its introduction. Compared with 2015, the likelihood of medical institutions submitting data increased by 23.69 times in 2020 and 20.47 times in 2021.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The appropriate use of disincentive policies, such as financial deductions for medical institutions showing inappropriate behavior, was found to be effective in inducing desirable changes in the behavior of medical institutions.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing and health policy: </strong>Properly planned and implemented policies can contribute to improved quality of medical services and patient safety through effective administrative control.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e12956"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between shift type and sleep quality in rotating-shift nurses with chronotype as a moderator variable.","authors":"Pei-Wei Weng, Wen-Pei Chang","doi":"10.1111/inr.13010","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rotating-shift nurses are susceptible to sleep disorders due to numerous factors, such as their biological clock, emotions, and age. At present, a lack of research exists on whether chronotype and shift type jointly influence the sleep quality of nurses.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To verify whether chronotype is a moderator variable of the relationship between shift type and sleep quality in nurses in order to provide empirical evidence for future mental and physical health improvement.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Clinical rotating-shift nurses at a medical center in northern Taiwan were recruited as participants between November 1, 2023, and December 13, 2023. All of the nurses were working a monthly rotating shift schedule. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was employed to investigate whether the influence of shift type on sleep quality in nurses varied with chronotype. The STROBE checklist was used for reporting this study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participants were 255 rotating-shift nurses in this study. Hierarchical multiple regression results revealed that rotating-shift nurses who were older (B = 0.19, p = 0.029), had greater physical fatigue (B = 0.27, p = 0.016), and had more negative emotions (B = 0.17, p = 0.011) suffered from poorer sleep quality. After controlling the above factors, we further found that chronotype indeed had moderating effects on the influence of shift type on sleep quality (B = -1.83, p = 0.049).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that early- and intermediate-type nurses are more suitable for working the day and evening shifts, whereas late-type nurses are more suitable for working the night shift.</p><p><strong>Implication for nursing and health policy: </strong>Coordinating chronotype with shift type will ensure that shift schedules better match the biological clocks of nurses; such individual considerations could help to improve their sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13010"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A qualitative study on Turkey's earthquakes, the century's catastrophe: Perspectives and coping methods of surviving nursing students.","authors":"Ebru Sönmez Sari, Handan Terzi","doi":"10.1111/inr.13042","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To understand the experiences and coping strategies of nursing students who were impacted by Turkey's once-in-a-century catastrophic earthquakes in 2023.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Nursing students rarely experience a disaster in person, and their imagination can be limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a descriptive-qualitative study design. It was conducted with 17 first-year nursing students, studying at a university in the northeastern part of Turkey, who survived the earthquake. A personal information form and a semistructured questionnaire were used to collect the data. The data were collected between March and April 2023 and analyzed using the content analysis method and the MaXQDA programme.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The data were grouped into three main themes-\"What 'earthquake' was and what it is now?,\" \"Am I aware of the 'earthquake' now?,\" and \"Coping mechanisms and supporting systems\"-and categorized into seven subthemes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The experiences of earthquake-affected nursing students emphasized the importance of being prepared for disasters and meeting their emotional needs.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice and policies: </strong>Including specific courses and case studies regarding disasters, whether natural or human-made, in education programs can ensure better prepared nurses. Also, the integration of content about management and coping with such crises into nursing curricula is considered vital.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13042"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11741913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142332682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why are Turkish nurses migrating? A mixed-methods study.","authors":"Havva Arslan Yürümezoğlu, Hatice Çamveren","doi":"10.1111/inr.13019","DOIUrl":"10.1111/inr.13019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to identify the factors influencing nurses' migration patterns in Turkey.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The flow of nurse migration from developing countries to developed countries is steadily increasing. As a result, countries that are sources of migration tend to develop domestic inequities with respect to the population's ability to access health services. In particular, fragile economic conditions and the pandemic triggered the migration of nurses from Turkey, a developing country.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study employed a mixed-method explanatory sequential design and was conducted in Turkey between April and November 2022. The decision to migrate was the focus of both the quantitative aspect, involving 237 participants, and the qualitative aspect, with 20 participants. Quantitative data were gathered through a questionnaire, and qualitative data were obtained using open-ended questions during in-depth individual interviews. We followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist in the quantitative phase and the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist in the qualitative phase. Descriptive statistics and thematic analyses were used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the quantitative stage of the study, nurses' reasons for deciding to migrate were identified as economic conditions, working conditions, society's outlook on the profession, political factors, and professional growth opportunities. In the qualitative stage, four major themes influencing nurse migration patterns emerged: devaluation and poor collegiality in nursing; inadequate management support; negative work environment; and health, social, and economic policies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the study showed that the three factors most influential in the decision to migrate were economic issues, a negative work environment, and political climate.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing and health policy: </strong>In developing countries, there is an urgent need for nurse administrators and health workforce decision-makers to create healthy working conditions and manage resources efficiently, focusing on improving nurses' economic situations while developing appropriate nationwide and international strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54931,"journal":{"name":"International Nursing Review","volume":" ","pages":"e13019"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11744035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}