Contemp Nurse
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To assess variables of hospitals' organizational climates and nurses' intent to stay in intensive care units and wards. Also, this study aims at studying the relationship between hospital organizational climate and nurse intention to stay. ⋯ Managerial actions should be used by nursing and hospitals' administrators to enhance hospitals' organizational climates and nurses' intent to stay.These interventions include but are not limited to increasing salaries, maintaining supportive relationships between nurses and physicians, sharing nurses in policy-making and administrative decisions, creating quality assurance measures, maintaining open communication and mutual trust between nurse managers and staff, and allowing autonomy about patient care and work environments.