Visual cues help to improve the turnover process Third of 3 articles on applying Lean management to turnover time. C reating a " visual workplace " is a principle in Lean management. Visual cues have been one solution for improving turnover time at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. In a visual workplace, the goal is to make waste, problems, and abnormal conditions readily ap...

This issue of the Journal includes a study by Lerner et al seeking to identify any correlations between survey deficiencies and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse turnover in nursing homes.1 The study selected Online Survey, Certification and Reporting deficiencies from the Quality of Care, Quality of Life and Resident Behavior categories, which w...

During 1988, a study of nursing staff turnover was undertaken for the NSW College of Nursing and the NSW Department of Health. The general aim of the study was to provide information about the annual rate of loss of registered nurses (RNs) from public hospitals and licensed private hospitals in NSW. A total of 362 hospitals were surveyed with the response rate being 75.4%. This paper gives back...

background the main purpose of this study was to explore the status of occupational stress among hospital nurses in isfahan, iran. it also aimed to examine the relationship between nurses’ occupational stress and their intention to leave the hospital.   methods the study employed a cross-sectional research design. a validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 296 nurses. respondents w...

Nursing turnover is a major issue impacting the performance and profitability of healthcare organizations. The financial cost of losing a single nurse has been calculated to equal about twice the nurse’s annual salary. The average hospital is estimated to lose about Rs.3,00,000/per year for each percentage increase in annual nurse turnover. Losing these critical employees negatively impacts the...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether the nursing practice environment at the hospital-level affects the job satisfaction and turnover intention of hospital nurses. METHODS Among the 11 731 nurses who participated in the Korea Health and Medical Workers' Union's educational program, 5654 responded to our survey. Data from 3096 nurses working in 185 general inpatient wards at 60 hospitals were analyze...

Rapid turnover of novice nurses eventually results in a shortage of veteran nurses. This study aimed to clarify the factors affecting rapid turnover of novice nurses in a prospective manner. We carried out an investigation in 20 university hospitals whose directors of nursing service departments accepted our request to cooperate with our research program. These hospitals were selected from all ...