Nurses: tell us why you left
If you left nursing or midwifery, let your licence lapse, or are thinking of leaving, your answers help show what would keep nurses in Cyprus.
Tell us why you left nursing or midwifery
The Cyprus Health Observatory is collecting the experiences of nurses and midwives who left the profession, let their licence lapse, or are thinking of leaving. Findings are summarised every week and can be handed to the Ministry of Health as evidence. The Observatory is independent; this is not a Ministry survey.
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Question set: 2026-10-19.1
Where the questions come from
- NEXT: Hasselhorn HM, Tackenberg P, Müller BH (eds). Working conditions and intent to leave the profession among nursing staff in Europe. SALTSA Report 2003:7. Stockholm: National Institute for Working Life; 2003 (NEXT - Nurses' Early Exit Study).
- RN4CAST: Sermeus W, Aiken LH, Van den Heede K, et al. Nurse forecasting in Europe (RN4CAST): rationale, design and methodology. BMC Nursing 2011;10:6.
- HEINEN2013: Heinen MM, van Achterberg T, Schwendimann R, et al. Nurses' intention to leave their profession: a cross sectional observational study in 10 European countries. Int J Nurs Stud 2013;50(2):174-184.
- PESNWI: Lake ET. Development of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. Research in Nursing & Health 2002;25(3):176-188.
- COPSOQ: Kristensen TS, Hannerz H, Høgh A, Borg V. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire - a tool for the assessment and improvement of the psychosocial work environment. Scand J Work Environ Health 2005;31(6):438-449; and Burr H, Berthelsen H, Moncada S, et al. The third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire. Saf Health Work 2019;10(4):482-503.
- CBI: Kristensen TS, Borritz M, Villadsen E, Christensen KB. The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory: a new tool for the assessment of burnout. Work & Stress 2005;19(3):192-207.
- ERI: Siegrist J. Adverse health effects of high-effort/low-reward conditions. J Occup Health Psychol 1996;1(1):27-41.
- MISSCARE: Kalisch BJ, Williams RA. Development and psychometric testing of a tool to measure missed nursing care. J Nurs Adm 2009;39(5):211-219.
- WPV: ILO/ICN/WHO/PSI Joint Programme on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector. Workplace violence in the health sector - country case studies research instruments: survey questionnaire. Geneva; 2003.
- FLINKMAN2010: Flinkman M, Leino-Kilpi H, Salanterä S. Nurses' intention to leave the profession: integrative review. J Adv Nurs 2010;66(7):1422-1434.
- HAYES2012: Hayes LJ, O'Brien-Pallas L, Duffield C, et al. Nurse turnover: a literature review - an update. Int J Nurs Stud 2012;49(7):887-905.
- SOWN2020: World Health Organization. State of the world's nursing 2020: investing in education, jobs and leadership. Geneva: WHO; 2020.