Health Care : Current Reviews

Strategies to retain experienced nurses: administrators guide

World Congress & Expo on Healthcare IT and Nursing

August 21-22, 2018 | Paris, France

Sitah Alshutwi

Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Health Care Current Reviews

Abstract:

The quality of patient care is compromised by high turnover rates among nurses (Moore, 2014). Turnover adds to the worldwide nursing shortage that challenges many countries. Nevertheless, this critical issue remains unresolved worldwide. According to the National Healthcare and Registered Nurse (RN) retention report, the national average turnover rate in the United States for bedside nurses in 2015 is 17.2%, compared to 13.5% in 2011, which led to a Vacancy Rate of 7.2%; an average of 85 days are needed to fill each vacant RN position (Nursing Solutions, Inc., 2015). The next five years are poised to be more challenging for the nursing workforce since many nurses are among the baby boomer generation that will begin to retire. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) report that without serious intervention, a shortage of nearly 340,000 nurses is predicted by 2020 in the US. Excessive RN turnover and an insufficient nurse staffing supply are often associated with deterioration in the quality of healthcare services (Price & Mueller, 1981). A considerable number of researchers have indicated that when healthcare organizations were unable to retain adequate RNs, patient outcomes were undesirably impacted (Aiken, Clarke, Sloane, Sochalski, & Siber, 2002; Buerhaus, Donelan, Ulrich, Norman, DesRoches, & Dittus, 2007; Price & Mueller, 1981). Retaining nurses in the workplace has become a priority to ensure high quality healthcare services and to reach desirable patient outcomes (Moore, 2014).this manuscript provide a guidelines for nursing administrators on strategies to retain nurses on the workplace.

Biography :

Sitah Alshutwi has completed her PhD from University of Wisconsion-Milwaukee, and currently is studying Master in Medical Education at King Saud University for health sciences. She is the Assistant Dean, Clinical affairs, College of Nursing. Her field of interest is the workplace environment and nursing human resources.

E-mail: shatwis@ksau-hs.edu.sa