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Table 3 Intent to leave Job, plans after leaving, ease of finding another job and choosing nursing again (N = 1793)

From: A national cross-sectional study on nurses' intent to leave and job satisfaction in Lebanon: implications for policy and practice

 

N

%

95% CI

Intent to leave current job

   

   Intent to leave

1192

67.5%

65.2% – 69.6%

   Intent to stay

575

32.5%

30.4% – 34.8%

Plans after leaving

   

Leave country

437

36.7%

34.0% – 39.4%

Leave hospital, but stay in Lebanon to...

755

63.3%

60.6% – 66.0%

   Move to a different health organization

167

22.1%

19.3% – 25.2%

   Leave nursing profession

222

29.4%

26.3% – 32.8%

   Other plans

366

48.5%

44.9% – 52.0%

Finding another acceptable job in nursing for nurses with intent to leave would be...

   Easy

688

59.1

56.3% – 61.9%

   Difficult

431

40.9

38.1% – 43.7%

Given the opportunity to start all over, would nurses intending to leave choose nursing as a profession?

   Yes

431

37.1

34.3% – 39.9%

   No

732

62.9

60.1% – 65.7%