Nursing Leadership Roles and Its Influence on the Millennial Psychiatric Nurses’ Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave

Abstract

Background: There is an increasing need for millennial psychiatric nurses in health care. Nurses’ levels of satisfaction with their manager’s leadership styles are critical to their remaining in the profession. Aim: To explore the relationship between the roles of nursing leadership and their influence on the millennial psychiatric nurse’s level of job satisfaction and intent to leave. Method: Eighty-three psychiatric registered nurses between the ages of 22 and 37 with 6 months or more experience completed a Managerial Skills and Job Satisfaction Survey questionnaire. Results: The millennial psychiatric nurse who perceived their managers to display the roles in being a mentor ( M = 24.95, SD = 2.81), director ( M = 23.08, SD = 2.55), and monitor ( M = 22.71, SD = 2.51) had higher job satisfaction and would be less likely to leave the specialty, current position, and organization. Conclusion: The study revealed that nursing leaders need to focus on strengthening the monitor and mentor roles and work on changing from having a coordinator role to the director role.