Determinant of Absenteeism Among Nurses

Abstract

Background: Employee absenteeism is a big challenge because they are the workforce of organizations. Organizations cannot be successful and functional without their employees. There are many reasons for employee absenteeism from work like sickness, emergencies of any kind, and accidents (Harte et. al, 2011). Employee absenteeism become a major issue all over the world and also become costly for organizations. (Roelen et al., 2013).Purposes of the study: The purpose of the study is to explore the determinants of absenteeism among nurses.Research Methodology: A Quantitative cross-sectional study design was used to describe the determinants of absenteeism among nurses in Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex (MTI).Nowshera. The target population was 350 and the participants were all staff nurses of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex (MTI) Nowshera. The participant of this study was selected by simple random sample.Result: According to the study findings of nurses absent from clinical sites due to workload 70.29% positively responded that they have enough work to keep busy at the clinical site, also done work in the absence of their colleagues puts pressure of work on them and they likely to be absent from the workplace.Conclusion: The results of my study concluded from the (n=187) that the significant factor of absenteeism among nurses is poor physical conditions they have to encounter overcrowding, noise, lighting, and their physical needs not properly fulfilled and this dissatisfaction contributes to absenteeism. Result: The nurses of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex Nowshera are overburdened but they can perform all allocated duties on time instead they have several patients because of a poor staff-patient ratio.

Key Words: Nurses, absenteeism

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/119-12

Publication date: November 30th 2025