Interviews with 15 Generation Z nurses aged 22-27 identified three disengagement domains: interpersonal and environmental challenges, work-demand strain, and imbalance among work, life and health, including lack of recognition and workplace harassment.
Key findings
- Eleven women and four men described lack of recognition, inappropriate behaviour, workload, shifts, exhaustion, burnout and life-health disruption across three themes.
Why this matters globally
Nurse shortages and early-career attrition are global; the themes inform workload, harassment reporting, recognition and flexible scheduling responses.
Thai researcher contribution
Nursing researchers from Chulalongkorn and Prince of Songkla Universities examined early-career workforce experience in a Thai regional hospital.
Limitations to consider
Fifteen volunteers from one hospital may overrepresent those willing to discuss problems. No manager, other-generation or actual turnover data triangulate the accounts.