Title: Attitudes of nurses/technicians employed in the Republic of Croatia towards going abroad for the purpose of employment and their satisfaction with the working environment at the current workplace: cross-sectional study Background: Nowadays we are facing a large-scale departure of nurses from the Republic of Croatia. The shortage of nurses has an adverse effect on the health system. Aim: The aim is to examine the attitudes of nurses/technicians employed in the Republic of Croatia towards going abroad for employment and their satisfaction with the working envi-ronment at the current workplace. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study, and the research respondents were the nurses/techni-cians employed in the Republic of Croatia. The study was carried out by means of the online survey, designed especially for this purpose. The survey was caried out in March 2021. The data were analysed using methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: There were 404 respondents in the study. A total of 134 respondents (33.2%) with an average age of 35.7 years are considering leaving. A total of 58.9% of respondents are married, and 27.7% of them are considering going abroad. A total of 63.6% of respondents have chil-dren, and 28% of them are considering leaving. Considering their satisfaction with the current workplace the respondents gave the lowest rating to the promotion opportunities. The res-pondents gave the highest rating to better work organization as the main reason for leaving. They gave the highest rating to fear of separation from the family as the main reason for staying. Conclusion: The respondents who are not married and have no children are more inclined to think about going abroad. People who are considering going abroad are less satisfied with the conditions and relationships at the current workplace. The expected better working conditi-ons are stated as the main factor for going abroad, and for every higher rating of satisfaction with conditions at the current workplace, the chances of thinking about leaving are reduced 3.21 times. The respondents consider better work organization as the main incentive to stay in their home country, and fear of separation from their family as the main barrier to going abroad.