What_Do_Indonesian_Nurses_Want_Retaining.pdf

concern of national and provincial governments. Given that imperative the Ministry of Health

implemented (MoH) the Special Assignment initiative which assigned nurses in underserved

communities This study examine factors that influenced participants in the program to remain

(retention) in their assigned rural setting Methods: Survey techniques were used to collect data from a convenience sample of 140 nurses

enrolled in the initiative. Variables included age, gender, marital status, financial incentives and

non-financial incentives. Descriptive and correlation statistics were used to analyze the data.

Results: Findings indicated that both financial incentives and nonfinancial incentives along with

age correlated positively with nurses’ intention to stay in the current rural setting. Non-financial

incentives were as important for these nurses especially achieving employment security as a civil

servant (government employee). Younger nurses seem to be more willing to work in rural and

remote areas, which may be attributable to an individual seeking practice experience along with

increased financial remuneration for doing so.

Conclusion: The findings of this study provide baseline descriptive information on the retention

of nurses in Indonesia’s remote and rural underserved regions. Providing an attractive incentive

scheme by considering certain demographic characteristic can increase their intention to serve in

rural and remote area.