‘Let’s hear their voices’: Nursing leader on combating nurse turnover

Becker's Healthcare January 23, 2024
Madeline Ashley

With a recent report showing the nurse vacancy rate remains “critical” at 15.7% nationally, many health leaders are shedding light on the importance of reducing these numbers.

“Lack of support, healthy work environment. There’s an increase in patient behaviors. That is very challenging for nurses, how to manage the behavioral patient, and it’s just been on a high rise. You see it in primary care, you see it in the ED, you see it on the news. There’s nurses losing their lives in these situations,” Stacy Bentil, DNP, MSN, RN, told Becker’s.

Dr. Bentil said a nurse’s environment is a key factor for why we might be seeing higher turnover rates, and stresses the importance of looking at the “holistic”...

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