5 Ways to Reduce Nursing Turnover in Year One, healthleadersmedia.com

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 7, 2011

Turnover among first-year nurses remains a huge cost driver and source of frustration for hospital managers. It's hard enough to find these skilled clinicians, and even more annoying that they quit, just when they should be settling into their new careers. That leaves harried HR staff to start the process anew and with no more assurances of retaining the next new recruit.

Beyond the hard-and-fast cost of finding and on-boarding replacements or hiring temps, first-year nurse turnover impacts patient care. It also signals larger workforce management issues, most notably a failure to effectively engage employees and sell them on the mission.  

There are theories about why first-year nurses quit. Perhaps some of these new nurses weren't trained well in school, a cold fact that comes home quickly in the life-and-death hospital setting. Some new nurses probably have unrealistic expectations that collide with on-the-job realities. Some nurses get better offers elsewhere for their high-in-demand skills. Maybe, just maybe, your hospital is not a good place to work. Whatever the reason, the problem persists.

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