The Relationship between Nurses’ Exposure to Occupational Health Hazards and Anticipated Turnover

Introduction: Recently, occupational health and safety have attracted the attention of healthcare organizations worldwide as it is related to job satisfaction, staff productivity, organizational commitment, and nurses’ anticipated turnover. The aim of the study: is to investigate the relationship between nurses ’ exposure to occupational health hazards and anticipated turnover. Research design: Descriptive Correlational design. Setting: inpatient units of medical, surgical, and critical care units at Alexandria Main University Hospital. Subjects: A non-probability convenience sample consisted of (276) nurses. Tools: two tools were used 1: Nurses ’ exposure to the occupational health hazards questionnaire.2: Anticipated Turnover Scale (ATS). Results: the highest percentage of nurses (79.2%) had a medium level of exposure to occupational health hazards. about two-thirds (62.7%) of nurses had a moderate probability of turnover. There was a weak statistically positive significant correlation between overall nurses’ exposure to occupational hazards and their anticipated turnover (p= 0.029). Conclusion: nurses ’ anticipated turnover can be significantly predicted by their exposure to occupational health hazards. Recommendations: nurse managers should pay great attention to nurses ’exposure to occupational health hazards and their effect on nurses’ anticipated turnover. Enhance safety culture. adopt appropriate strategies to improve the health of nurses, and promote job satisfaction to reduce the nurses’ anticipated turnover.