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Perceived caring from managers, organizations, and co-workers is positively associated with job satisfaction, which in turn independently reduces the intention to leave among emergency department nursing professionals. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

August 27, 2026BMC NursingOpen Access

Perceived caring, job satisfaction, and intention to leave among nursing professionals in Slovenian emergency departments: a cross-sectional study

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MGMaja GradišnikUniversity Clinical Centre Maribor ZFZvonka FekonjaUniversity of Maribor DVDominika VrbnjakUniversity of Maribor

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Cross-sectional study demonstrates that perceived caring is associated with higher job satisfaction in emergency nurses, indicating managerial support may improve workforce retention.

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To examine the associations between perceived caring, job satisfaction, and intention to leave among nursing professionals working in emergency departments.
Cross-sectional survey administered between October and December 2025 to a convenience sample of nursing professionals across emergency departments in Slovenia (n = 175; response rate 49.2%).
Assessed perceived caring dimensions and job satisfaction using descriptive statistics, non-parametric correlation tests, hierarchical multiple linear regression (n = 168), and ordinal logistic regression (n = 151).
Job satisfaction correlated positively with all perceived caring dimensions (p < 0.001), most strongly with organizational caring (rₛ = 0.564) and manager caring (rₛ = 0.551); manager, organizational, and co-worker caring explained 48.3% of the variance in job satisfaction.
Higher job satisfaction was independently associated with a decreased intention to leave in multivariable ordinal logistic regression (OR = 0.28, 95% CI [0.16, 0.49], p < 0.001).

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Gradišnik et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fea0d10c91c1e9262206b https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-026-05293-5

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Cross-sectional study demonstrates that perceived caring is associated with higher job satisfaction in emergency nurses, indicating managerial support may improve workforce retention.

Perceived caring, job satisfaction, and intention to leave among nursing professionals in Slovenian emergency departments: a cross-sectional study

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Perceived caring, job satisfaction, and intention to leave among nursing professionals in Slovenian emergency departments: a cross-sectional study

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