What's Next for Me? Developing an 18-Month Structured Pathway to Increase New Nurse Retention

J Nurs Adm. 2024 Apr 1;54(4):E13-E17. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001418.

Abstract

Because of increasing RN turnover rates on a neuroscience unit in a large teaching hospital, unit nurse leaders created a staff retention quality improvement initiative. The initiative offered a structured pathway for professional development milestones in a nurse's 1st 18 months of employment. As a consequence of their work, the unit experienced an 82% decrease in the number of RNs who left their job on the unit in the 1st year of implementation.

MeSH terms

  • Employment*
  • Hospitals, Teaching*
  • Humans
  • Personnel Turnover
  • Quality Improvement