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