Nurse turnover: a literature review - an update.

Background: Concerns related to the complex issue of nursing turnover continue to challenge healthcare leaders in every sector of health care. Voluntary nurse turnover is shown to be influenced by a myriad of inter-related factors, and there is increasing evidence of its negative effects on nurses, patients and health care organizations.

Objectives: The objectives were to conduct a comprehensive review of the related literature to examine recent findings related to the issue of nursing turnover and its causes and consequences, and to identify on methodological challenges and the implications of new evidence for future studies.

The Patient Care Delivery Model--an open system framework: conceptualisation, literature review and analytical strategy.

Aims And Objectives: This paper presents the Patient Care Delivery Model to illustrate interrelationships between model components and to support its application in research using advanced analytical techniques, including structural equation modelling.

Background: Many complex factors contribute to the nature of healthcare environments and to nurse, patient and system outcomes. A better understanding of these factors and their interrelationships would provide insight for decision-makers to develop strategies to improve outcomes.

Impact and determinants of nurse turnover: a pan-Canadian study.

Aim: As part of a large study of nursing turnover in Canadian hospitals, the present study focuses on the impact and key determinants of nurse turnover and implications for management strategies in nursing units.

Background: Nursing turnover is an issue of ever-increasing priority as work-related stress and job dissatisfaction are influencing nurses' intention to leave their positions.

Methods: Data sources included the nurse survey, unit managers, medical records and human resources databases.

Recruitment strategies for baccalaureate nursing students in Ontario.

This study explored the nature of recruitment practices for basic baccalaureate degree nursing programs in Ontario. Using a case study approach at three university sites, interviews of nursing faculty and institutional liaison officers were conducted, and recruitment publications and relevant institutional Web sites were examined. The findings show that nursing faculty members participate in student recruitment, but the recruitment activities are organized and carried out primarily at the institutional level to promote the university and its programs.

Career intentions of nursing students and new nurse graduates: a review of the literature.

This paper highlights findings from a literature search to examine the role of nursing education in preparing nurses to meet healthcare demands. The review focused on nursing students' perceptions of nursing and whether these views change during their nursing studies and impact workplace preferences. Nursing students often enter their program with preconceived ideas of where they want to work following graduation.

Nurse turnover: a literature review.

Ongoing instability in the nursing workforce is raising questions globally about the issue of nurse turnover. A comprehensive literature review was undertaken to examine the current state of knowledge about the scope of the nurse turnover problem, definitions of turnover, factors considered to be determinants of nurse turnover, turnover costs and the impact of turnover on patient, and nurse and system outcomes. Much of the research to date has focused on turnover determinants, and recent studies have provided cost estimations at the organizational level.