Becker's Healthcare November 22, 2024
The national average exit rate for nurse managers is 8.8%, according to a recent report. At hospitals in California, Ohio and Louisiana, leaders shared with Becker’s how they have achieved turnover rates as low as 3%.
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio, a healthcare intelligence platform company, found the highest exit rates in the first few years of a nurse management role. In the first four years, between 10% and 12% of nurse managers step down and return to front-line work. In the first three, up to 12% leave the organization.
To shrink this turnover rate, chief nursing officers are leveraging various strategies to support these leaders through new onboarding programs and equitable scopes of control.
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