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.