HealthLeaders Media September 18, 2023
Retired nurses offer coaching and mentoring to Novant Health’s novice nurses to solve retention challenges.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Novant Health’s nurse emeritus program is specifically designed to retain novice nurses.
– Novant’s emeritus nurses are not preceptors; they are part of the care team.
With nearly one-third of overwhelmed novice nurses quitting in their first year nationwide, Amy Akers, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC, vice president and chief nurse executive at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, is working to buck that trend by bringing retired RNs back to the floor through its Emeritus Nursing Program to help inexperienced nurses succeed and stay.
The program not only helps solve retention challenges, but also retains the expertise of experienced nurses to...
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