NRS 451VN Topic 2 Assignment; Benchmark - Mitigating High Nursing Staff Turnover with Effective Nursing Leadership
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Mitigating High Nursing Staff Turnover with Effective Nursing Leadership
High nursing staff turnover is a prominent issue that is affecting nursing units across the nation. This issue does not only affect the work environment, workflow, and the nurses but negatively impacts the quality of patient care delivered. (Bae et al., 2010). Nurses point towards their managers and voice feelings of being underpaid, underappreciated, less productive and overworked. Nurses also find that professional development is limited in terms of training and upskilling. The outcome- high nurse turnover. This purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of the nurse manager, its relation to high nurse turnover in nursing practice and how patient care is impacted.
Cause and Effect
Due to the nature of the nurse profession, the near constant contact with patients means that nurses are most often the ones providing care. Antwi and Bowblis (2018) conclude that numerous studies show correlation between high nurse turnover rates and lower overall quality of patient care. According to their study, mortality rates within the hospital, as well as in settings such as nursing homes, increase when nurse turnover rates are high. The frequent presence of new nursing staff lowers effectiveness due to a lack familiarity with the facility’s policies and procedures............. Continue
