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Accelerating Workforce Retention: New Strategies for Nurse Executives

Accelerating Workforce Retention: New Strategies for Nurse Executives In the Spring of 2023, Nursing Catalyst researchers examined top-performing med-surg units with low turnover to better define successful retention in 2023 and understand if traditional retention strategies, including Magnet principles, are still impactful. By re-examining nursing’s forces of magnetism, Nursing Catalyst is equipping nurse executives with […]

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Measuring Nurse Manager Workload: A Tool to Guide the Right Unit Investments 

Effective nurse managers have never been more critical to improving frontline retention. Yet, the growing scope of the role makes it difficult for many managers to connect, engage, and grow their teams. This session will outline the first wave of findings from an ongoing Nursing Catalyst series on measuring manager workload in a principled manner. […]

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Re-Examining Nursing’s Forces of Magnetism

Re-Examining Nursing’s Forces of Magnetism   In the Spring of 2023, Nursing Catalyst researchers wanted to better define successful retention in 2023 and, perhaps more importantly, understand if traditional retention strategies, including Magnet principles, are still impactful today. To answer these questions, the research team conducted 22 in-depth interviews and collected data from top-performing med-surg […]

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An Inside Look at How Health Systems Can Scale Virtual Nursing

In the past five years, hospitals have turned over 101.4% of their RN workforce.  Virtual Nursing (VRN) pilots have become an effective means for staff engagement and retention, improved quality outcomes and overall reduction in nurse burnout. As health systems move beyond the pilot stage and push towards financial ROI on VRN, scaling these programs […]

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Nursing Catalyst: Workforce Retention Strategy

Nurse leaders would agree—we need to rethink how we approach retention because the same old strategies aren’t working. Forty percent of RNs report decreased satisfaction with their jobs, and it costs health systems approximately $52,000 to replace one RN. In a first-of-its-kind study, Nursing Catalyst re-examined the “forces of magnetism” leading to med/surg units experiencing […]

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Modernizing Clinical Workflows: The IT Leader’s Underleveraged Opportunity to Reduce Clinician Burnout

Clinician burnout is an IT leader’s concern After years of navigating the many and varied challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians are burned out. If you work in health care, you already know this and have read articles detailing just how dire the situation is. And while clinician burnout is undoubtedly a top priority for […]

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Nursing Strategy On-Demand Briefing: How “Unicorn Units” Retain Nurses

As average nursing turnover reaches unsustainable peaks, outlier med-surg units have been able to sustain, or even decrease, their pre-pandemic turnover. These “unicorn units” are reporting  turnover rates as low as two percent—eschewing conventional responses to workforce retention which have proven insufficient. Academy Nursing Catalyst experts took a closer look at several “unicorn med-surg units” […]

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Making Culture Concrete: Your Foundation for a Healthy Hybrid Workforce

  In our previous article, we discussed the need for a remote work strategy and outlined the key steps to develop a robust strategy. Of the four steps, health system executives repeatedly identify culture as particularly challenging to get right. And we get it. Culture can seem like an elusive and slippery idea. But let’s […]

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Remote Work is Here to Stay: Develop Your Strategy Now

  Two-thirds of full-time U.S. workers report they would immediately start looking for a new job with flexibility if their ability to work from home was taken away—and 39% would quit.1 Clearly, based on this data and other sources, remote work is here to stay. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the move to remote work for […]

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Communication: The Key to Maximizing Your Total Rewards Investment

  In our first article in this series, we talked about building your total rewards strategy. Now, let’s dig into some questions to gut-check whether it is working: Are your employees consistently maximizing the benefits available to them? Are your employees and broader community recognizing your organization’s investments in employee benefits? Is your total rewards […]

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