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The world is faced with challenges due to a growing aging population and the increasing burden of chronic disease. The acute shortage of nurses and high turnover rates, particularly among novice nurses, are of great concern in many countries. Several studies have shown that turnover intention among nurses is influenced by professional identity and job satisfaction. However, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined this issue in the context of novice nurses. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the relationship between professional identity, job satisfaction, and turnover intention among novice nurses in China. From March 18 to April 23, 2022, a cross-sectional survey was carried out involving 532 novice nurses recruited from four public hospitals in Sichuan Province, China. Among the sample, 526 questionnaires were retrieved, with an effective response rate of 98.87%. The mean scores for turnover intention, professional identity, and job satisfaction were 13.02 ± 3.94, 36.17 ± 7.98, and 111.02 ± 21.46, respectively. High turnover intention was observed among novice nurses, of whom 54.37% (286/526) had high or very high turnover intention. Professional identity and job satisfaction among novice nurses were moderate. In terms of demographic characteristics, "Whether living with relatives" and "Monthly income" had a statistically significant impact on the turnover intention of novice nurses (P < .05). Both professional identity (r = -0.459) and job satisfaction (r = -0.517) were significantly and moderately negatively correlated with turnover intention (P < .01). The results of the multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that variables including "Whether living with relatives," "Professional identity," "Control and responsibility for work," and "Benefits" jointly accounted for 29.9% of the variance related to turnover intention among novice nurses. "Whether living with relatives," "Professional identity," "Control and responsibility for work," and "Benefits" were highly predictive of turnover intention levels among novice nurses. Hence, potential predictors of turnover intention should be considered, and intervention research should be conducted to reduce the level of turnover intention among novice nurses., Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare., (Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)

Objective: To explore the causes of infected Oncomelania snails and the sources of infection of schistosomiasis in marshland and lake regions of Jingzhou City, so as to provide the evidence for the establishment of control strategy., Methods: The snail environments in villages with or without cattle in Gong'an and Jianli counties, Hubei Province were selected, the snail status, infection status of people and livestock and wildlife reservoir host (mice), as well as the contamination status of wild faeces were surveyed, and the infectivity of water in investigated villages without cattle were detected by sentinel mice. The correlation between the densities of infected snails and positive faeces were tested by the rank correlation method., Results: In villages without cattle, there were no positive faeces and infected sentinel mice discovered, while in the villages with cattle, 374 pieces of wild faeces were collected, the densities of wild faeces were 0.02 - 0.29 pieces/100 m2, and those of the positive ones were 0 - 0.01 pieces/100 m2, and the densities of infected snails were 0.001 - 0.040 snails /0.1 m2. The distribution of infected snails was consistent with that of the positive faeces, but the correlation coefficient between their densities had no statistical significance (r(s) = 0.123 5, P > 0.05). The average infection rates of human in villages with cattle inside embankment of Gong'an and Jianli counties were 2.87% and 1.37%, respectively, while that of the villages outside embankment of Gong'an County was 1.23%, and all the infection rates of cattle were 0. No infected wild mice were discovered., Conclusions: Human and cattle are the main sources of schistosome infection in the local areas, the possibility of wild mice as source of infection is low, and cattle is an important cause of infected snails in marshland and lake regions in Jingzhou City.