UMHS dramatically cuts nurse turnover
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 26, 2005
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Through a grassroots strategy to retain and recruit nurses, the University at Michigan Health System (UMHS) has lowered its nurse turnover rate from 14.6% to 9.5% since 2001. The program began four years after administrators concluded that something needed to be done to stop the turnover rate from increasing. After conducting a brainstorming session with over 150 staff members, a nurse retention team worked to put training sessions, moral support and mentoring, and a week-long nurse orientation into place.
UMHS recently received two grants to enhance its already successful program. The more than $1.5 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will help provide professional development, individualized career planning and a program that involves more nurses in decision-making.
Source: mlive.com
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