Effects of Unit Rotation and Role Stress on Organizational Commitment Among Nurses

Abstract

Unit rotation effects nurses professionally because frequent rotation increase the issues regarding role stress, burnout and fatigue that occurs because of different work for short period of time therefore, it decreases nurses’ commitment level. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of unit rotation and role stress on organizational commitment among nurses. Chi square test was used to explore the relationship of variables. All the female staff nurses’ age 21 to 45 years and all those nurses having experience less than 20 years and all those nurses who were present on duty and show willingness to participate were included in this study. The findings of this study reveal that nurses take rotation as challenge and find it a healthy practice for the vast field experience which is a good gesture for the organization. The ultimate goal should be to increase nurses’ job satisfaction and encourage them to stay in their career. This would avoid the vicious circle of high turnover, which is wasteful of the organization's valuable human resources.

Keywords: Unit Rotation; Role Stress; Organizational Commitment.