Keeping Colleagues Nurse Retention is Everyone's Responsibility (1 Hour)

Every nurse is a leader and every nurse has responsibility. This course explored nurse retention. There are many different reasons that nurses leave jobs. There were five reasons that this class focused on.
Intense workload
Lack of scheduling flexibility
Low compensation
Inadequate access to continuing education
Minimal opportunity for career growth
Each of these areas have caused poor nurse retention. The authors of this course made a great point that nurses are great at caring for the patient, but need to be better at caring for colleagues. Poor nursing retention leads to an unhealthy working environment and poor patient outcomes. Nurses can really make a difference in nurse retention. By knowing our colleagues and treating them how they would like to be treated, we can create a more healthy working environment. Nurse managers can address issues such as workload, scheduling, compensation, etc... In my career, if I get the opportunity to be a nurse manager, I will keep these top 5 reasons present in my mind. I will try to address issues and initiate change to increase nurse retention on my unit.