The use of the qualitative case study method made it possible
to examine nurses’ career turnover as an ongoing and multidimensional
process, in which several causes consequently
impacted on the final decision to leave the nursing profession.
We demonstrated that narrative career interviews are a
feasible way of collecting data regarding career transition
processes. We also claim that in-depth narrative stories can
provide unique real-life contextual knowledge of nurses’
experiences when living through these kinds of career transitions.
We conclude that the qualitative case-study approach
is a potential and novel way of doing turnover research in
nursing science. Given the complex nature of nurse turnover,
such a qualitative, in-depth approach is essential, alongside
with quantitative studies, f