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OBJECTIVE: Nursing shortages are not only a serious problem in Turkey, but also around the world. Apart from insufficient staffing, the high turnover rate, especially at university and private hospitals in the past ten years, is a top priority for nurse managers. However, there are no data about the turnover rate and reasons for turnover among nurses in Turkey. The purpose of this study is to analyze the turnover profile of nurses at university hospitals over the last five years and to determine the reasons temporary staff nurses quit their positions at these hospitals. METHODS: The research was carried out at three university hospitals. Research data were obtained retrospectively from hospital records. The questionnaire contained the following information: The numbers of regular staff nurses and contract nurses who quit their jobs, total employed nurses from 2003 to 2007, and the reasons for quitting their jobs. Based on the obtained data, the turnover rate for each year was calculated. RESULTS: Turnover of regular staff nurses from 2003 to 2007 at the three universities studied in the research was found to range between 2.0-5.3%, and that of contracted staff nurses from 2.2-17.5%. The resignation rate of contracted nurses who left the hospitals during the period in question due to their passing centralized state employee examinations for state employment was at a range of 30.9-82%. CONCLUSION: Nursing turnover at university hospitals continues to increase steadily with each passing year. In view of the shortage of qualified nurses in Turkey, both on the level of individual organizations and on a national basis, the researchers offer recommendations for the adoption of measures in order to prevent excessive mobility in the nursing profession.

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