Why nurses stay in nursing - character and personality variables

In order to address the worldwide shortage of nurses, many studies of nurses have been undertaken to quantify turnover; calculated expected retention; presented the causes of intended departure; and determined the reasons for taking breaks. However little is known about the fundamental workforce issue of why people stay in the profession. This project proposes to determine if there are character and personality traits that are associated with nurse retention.

Refereed Journal Articles from this study:

Eley, Diann and Eley, Robert and Young, Louise and Rogers-Clark, Cath (2010) Exploring temperament and character traits in nurses and nursing students in a large regional area of Australia. Journal of Clinical Nursing . ISSN 0962-1067

Eley, Diann and Eley, Robert and Rogers-Clark, Cath (2010) Reasons for entering and leaving nursing: an Australian regional study. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28 (1). pp. 6-13. ISSN 0813-0531

Funding:  CRRAH Internal Grant

Project Team:  Assoc Professor Diann Eley, Professor Cath Rogers-Clark, Dr Rob Eley.