Influencing factors and strategy to the career planning of operating room nurses

AIM: This study aims to investigate the status quo of self-career planning of nurses working in operating rooms (OR) and analyse the influencing factors. METHODS: A total of 1,418 nurses working in OR were selected and surveyed using a general data questionnaire, a nurse career planning questionnaire and an organizational career management questionnaire. RESULTS: Multiple linear regression analysis showed that organizational career management perception, hospital-grade and monthly income were the influencing factors of self-career planning score of nurses working in OR, which could explain the 56.6% variation of career organization management. CONCLUSION: The status quo of self-career planning in OR nurse was at the middle level, and the scores of different dimensions were not balanced. Reasonable self-career planning helps the OR nurses improve their professional skills and increase their commitment to work and satisfaction.