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Factors affecting nurses retention during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.
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- The illusion of improved nurse staffing levels in South Korea during COVID-19: a statistical artifact of policy changes and declining patient volume.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Factors associated with the chronicization of psychological responses and intention to stay among nurses 18 months after the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between organizational climate and employee retention tendency of operational staff working in emergency and accident center; a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Working Well in a Dynamic Nursing Career: A Critical Incident Technique Study of Nurses' Actions for a Sustainable Working Life.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Healthcare delivery modality and mental health-related intention to leave their job among nurses in Canada.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- The double burden of stressful life events among professional nurses: public mass shootings during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Nursing activities and associated workload of nurses in virtual care centres: A multicentre observational study.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- 'Worth … the Nightmares'? A Qualitative Study of Early-Career Healthcare Workers' Wellbeing and Career Decisions After Starting Work During Covid-19.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- Heeding the voices of nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis of organizational silence levels among clinical nurses.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Nurses retention: the impact of transformational leadership, career growth, work well-being, and work-life Balance.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Humanistic nursing curriculum needs: a cross-sectional survey in Shenzhen, China.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Quality of Life and Nurses' Turnover Intentions: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Investigating Factors Affecting the Nursing Shortage During the First and Acute Phase of COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe global nursing shortage was a well-known issue before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the current nursing workforce shortage and reduced nursing retention. This systematic review aimed to explore factors affecting retention of nurses.
methodsThe PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Proquest databases were searched for relevant primary studies published on nurses retention during Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, Google Scholar was searched for retrieving more related documents that may not be indexed in other searched databases. Inclusion criteria were research articles and gray literature related to nursing retention in Covid-19 pandemic, articles published in English, access to the full-texts, and without time limitation. Both qualitative and quantitative studies focusing on factors affecting the nurses retention were included. The Joanna Briggs Institute checklists were used for assessing quality of quantitative and qualitative studies. Qualitative and thematic content analysis methods based on Braun and Clark's model were used to analyze the data.
resultsEighteen studies were identified through a systematic search of the literature. The results showed that seven factors include personal, interpersonal, organizational, social media, educational, emotional, and protective factors are the factors affect the nurses retention.
conclusionThe findings of this study showed that retention of nurse is complex and multi-factorial issue that factors from micro to macro-level affect it. Managers and health policy-makers based on the results obtained from this study can plan appropriate measures to increase the retention of nurses.
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