Factors Associated with Nurses’ Intention to Leave Their Jobs after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0122389
• Main Authors: Sato, Yoshinobu, Hayashida, Naomi, Orita, Makiko, Urata, Hideko, Shinkawa, Tetsuko, Fukushima, Yoshiko, Nakashima, Yumiko, Kudo, Takashi, Yamashita, Shunichi, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.03.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accidents; Adult; Anxiety; Background radiation; Children; Civilian evacuation; Colleges & universities; Demographics; Dosimetry; Education, Nursing; Emergency medical care; Employee turnover; Female; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Health; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Medical personnel; Motivation; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power; Nuclear power plants; Nurses; Radiation; Radiation Injuries - epidemiology; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Workforce; Japan; Taiwan

We conducted a survey among nurses who were working at the Fukushima Medical University Hospital at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident to clarify the factors associated with their intention to leave their jobs during the radiation emergency. We asked 345 nurses (17 men an...