McKnight’s Senior Living September 21, 2023
Adam Chambers

Retaining existing and new RNs is vital given long-term care providers’ recruitment woes: 95% of nursing homes experience difficult hiring, according to the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living. And overall, assisted living communities are short 40,000 workers compared with pre-pandemic employment numbers, NCAL said earlier this year.

In August, my company, Nurse Recruitment Experts, ran our first Nurse Retention Survey. We asked 2,000 RNs one question: what’s making you stay in your current job?

The results challenge perceptions that pay and benefits are pre-eminent and provide a more nuanced view of which aspects of culture are important to nurses. I’ve shared the highlights below. You can view the whole report and analysis by visiting our website.

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