FACTORS AFFECTING NURSES’ LOYALTY

IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN ILOILO CITY

A Research Proposal Presented to

St. Paul University Iloilo
Senior High School Department

In Partial Fulfillment of
The Requirements in Research 2.

Genegaban, Adrian Kate

Gepanayao, Nicole Ann
Ibaya, Xristel Andrea
Molomolo, Daniela

May 2020
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The Problem

Background

As much as future nurses are concerned, nurses in the Philippines are

becoming more and more despite the insufficiency of the salary, that is why

some of them are applying abroad. Even though nurses want to go abroad or

outside the country, there are factors that affect their loyalty in the Philippines.

Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all

ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. It

includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill,

disabled and dying people (WHO, 2019). Nurses play a big role in our society,

that is why people often choose that job, and health agencies are becoming more

competitive to lure nurses.

Every year nurses are in demand in each hospital even though there are a

lot, since some of them are jumping from one hospital to another. Hospital

executives are challenged to recruit and retain clinical nurses in a time when the

national hospital nurse turnover rates are averaging above 20 percent. This

literature review outlines nursing research that studied characteristics of nurse

managers’ leadership styles that enhance hospital nurse retention.

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Five consistent themes provided evidence of leadership traits that lead to

job satisfaction and nurse retention (Force, 2005). Based on a 2014 U.S. Bureau

of Labor Statistics report, health care occupations were expected to see the

fastest growth and add the most jobs of any industry in the decade between 2014

and 2024. Registered nursing was predicted to be the top occupation in terms of

job growth. The RN workforce is expected to grow to nearly 3.2 million by 2024, a

16 percent increase over that same 10-year period, according to a January 2016

article in Becker’s Hospital Review (Williamson, 2017). These factors might affect

the physical, mental, and social health.

The researchers aimed to examine the Factors Affecting the Loyalty of

Nurses in Government Hospitals in Iloilo City.

Statement of the Problem

Generally, the study aimed to answer the problem “ What are the main

Factors that Affects Nurses’ Loyalty in Government Hospitals in Iloilo city”.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following question:

1. What are the factors affecting the nurses’ loyalty in terms of?

I. Age

II. Sex

III. Hospitals that they are working. (Hospital A and Hospital B )

IV. Number of years as a registered nurse

V. Number of years as a registered nurse in that hospital

VI. Monthly Salary

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2. What are the factors why nurses stay in public hospitals ?

3. How many percent wish to go abroad if given the chance?

Objectives of the Study

Generally, the study aimed to determine the main Factors Affecting

Nurses’ Loyalty in Government Hospitals in Iloilo City.

Specifically, it sought to determine the following objectives:

1. To determine the Profile of Nurses in terms of:

I. Age

II. Sex

III. Number of years as a registered nurse

IV. Number of years as a registered nurse in : Hospital A or Hospital B

V. Range of salary.

2. To determine the factors why nurses stay in public hospitals.

3. To determine the percentage of nurses that wish to go abroad if given the

chance.

Significance of the Study

The study of factors that affects the loyalty of nurses in government

hospitals in Iloilo City has a great benefit to the following :

Nurses, the result of this study will make them know the principle reason of why

most of the nurses choose to be loyal in public hospitals.

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Future nurses, this study will be a pathway guide in the future for them to know

the reason of staying of other nurses in government hospitals.

Hospital Administrators, this study will benefit the hospitals, so that they will be

aware about their nurses’ state and they can find ways for more improvement in

the facilities or employments.

Nursing School Administrator, this study would enable the institution to

provide an effective learning and encourage nursing students to conduct

research that has a valid impact in the society.

Researchers, this study will help the researchers to be aware and

knowledgeable about the nurses’ loyalty in government hospitals.

Future researchers, this study would be a useful reference for researchers who

would plan to make related study of nurses’ loyalty in government hospitals.

Scope and Limitation

This research was limited to the main factors that affects the loyalty in

government hospitals in Iloilo city. The researchers chose two public hospitals

where there is only approximately 40 percent nurse respondents was chosen in

each hospitals to participate in the study. (Hospital A and Hospital B)

The researchers used a descriptive quantitative study that is carried out

on both selected public hospitals. Checklist questionnaires are given out to the

respondents, that are answered honestly.

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Definition of Terms

Factors, it is a fact or situation that influences a result. (Cambridge

University Press, 2019).

In this study,it is the dependent variable where in it will be assessed.

Nurse, it is a person who is trained to care for sick or injured people and

who usually works in a hospital or doctor’s office. (Merriam Webster, 2019)

In this study, it is the independent variable wherein, their decisions are the

basis to know the factors why they choose to stay in public hospitals.

Loyalty it is the quality of a person on being devoted to its job.

In this study, it is one of the dependent variables in this study.

Government Hospitals, it exists on federal, state, and local levels. It is

responsible for analyzing health status, making sure that necessary public health

and personal health services is provided to all, and etc.

In this study, it is where nurses are mostly found and it is one of the scope

of the study.