Learn what’s new on nurse staffing
Is nurse recruitment and retention still a hospital issue? Well, yes.
Overall, in the past three years, it may have become more of an employers’ market rather than an employee’s. However, in nursing, hiring and retention challenges still exist. Preliminary results for HMC’s new survey “Recruiting and Retention – Is It Still an Issue?” have been interesting.
Many hospitals face nursing personnel challenges, but the causes have changed. Examples of these challenges include: budget freezes; loss of good nurses who relocate because their spouses have lost their jobs; and nurses who could retire, but don’t because of personal finances. Sometimes new nursing school grads clearly don’t belong in the field, but don’t want to leave the industry for fear of being unable to obtain another job. There is a younger generation of nurses that feels no qualms about leaving the job abruptly; and there is increasing nurse dissatisfaction because of forced floating.
The survey results will be available in early November. Stay tuned for more info here on the HMC blog. And if you have opinions about this issue or experiences to share, we’d love to hear about them – you can participate in the survey by clicking here. Participants will receive an e-mail summary of the results.
For more information, please contact Pamela Paxton at ppaxton@hmccentral.com
