The reasons for quitting hospitals were classified into obligatory and non-obligatory reasons.
Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the ethical committee of the Faculty of Nursing, as well as directors of the studied hospitals to collect necessary data. The questionnaire was translated into Arabic and submitted to a panel of eight experts in the field of study to be tested for its statement relevance, (its content validity). Accordingly, necessary modification was made. Cronbach's alpha was used to test internal consistency of the items to test reliability of questionnaire. After obtaining the nurses’ consent, a pilot study for questionnaires was carried on 10% of nurses from inpatients units at the International Cardiac Center (ICC) not included in the study were selected to check and insure the clarity of the statements. Therefore, the rewording or rephrasing of the statements was done.