Aim\nThis paper reports a theoretical understanding of nurses leaving nursing practice\nby exploring the processes of decision-making by registered nurses in China\non exiting clinical care.\nBackground\nThe loss of nurses through their voluntarily leaving nursing practice has not\nattracted much attention in China. There is a lack of an effective way to understand\nand communicate nursing workforce mobility in China and worldwide.\nDesign\nThis qualitative study draws on the constant comparative method following a\ngrounded theory approach.\nMethod\nIn-depth interviews with 19 nurses who had left nursing practice were theoretically\nsampled from one provincial capital city in China during August 2009ââ?¬â??\nMarch 2010.\nResults\nThe core category ââ?¬Ë?Mismatching Expectations: Individual vs. Organizationalââ?¬â?¢\nemerged from leaversââ?¬â?¢ accounts of their leaving. By illuminating the interrelationship\nbetween the core category and the main category ââ?¬Ë?Individual Perception\nof Power,ââ?¬â?¢ four nursing behaviour patterns were identified: (1) Voluntary\nleaving; (2) Passive staying; (3) Adaptive staying and (4) Active staying.
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