Career Adaptability and Job Embeddedness of staff nurses at Zagazig University hospital

Background: Health care organizations are facing many challenges such as competitive workplace, stressors, and conflicts between staff nurses. In such climate, staff nurses experience a variety of obstacles and career insecurity which interns can lead to high turnover rate, increase cost in training & recruitment of new staff nurses. Furthermore, many organizations seek ways to improve staff nurses’ experiences and organization climate, which will enhance their career adaptability and embeddedness at work. The aim of this study was to assess the relation between career adaptability and job embeddedness among staff nurses. Methods: Research design: This study used a descriptive correlation research design. Setting: The study was conducted in Zagazig University Hospitals. Participants: 375 nurses employed by Zagazig University Hospitals were included in the stratified random sample. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for collecting data; Career Adaptability Questionnaire and Job Embeddedness Questionnaire. Results: 38.5% of nursing staff had low level about career adaptability and only 24.8% had high level of job embeddedness. Conclusion: Statistically significant positive relation was found between nursing staff career adaptability and their job embeddedness. Recommendation: Nurse Manager should implement effective strategies in health care organization to improve nursing staff perception about career adaptability and enhance job embeddedness.