Burnout and lack of job satisfaction are taking their toll — 64% of nurses are stressed and 57% are exhausted. And almost 1 in 5 nurses leave their first job within the first year.1 When you consider the job struggles and high turnover rate alongside the average cost of turnover for a staff RN in 2023 ($52,350)2, the impact is clear. Many healthcare organizations are strengthening efforts to support and encourage nurses throughout their career journeys. They’re finding that building a culture that attracts and keeps nurses depends on helping them feel valued, managing conditions that contribute to workplace stress, and providing clear avenues for growth. Let’s look at how a multifaceted approach can make a real difference. Elsevier hosted a virtual roundtable in which five nurse leaders and Elsevier’s clinical nurse executive, Tammy Purcell, MSN, RNCOB, shared their challenges, experiences, and strategies for nurse recruitment and retention.
By 2025, there will be a shortage of 78,610 RNs.4 Strong hiring strategies are needed to help organizations curtail the nursing shortage today and into the future. Nurse leaders revealed during the roundtable what they are dealing with as the biggest challenges in recruitment and orientation, including:
Competitive hiring incentives
Limited pools of candidates
Lack of hands-on experience in new graduate nurses
New grads bypassing residency/orientation to go directly into travel nursing
Underdeveloped communication skills in novice nurses
Nurse leader at non-profit healthcare system in Ohio
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