A literature review of nursing turnover costs

Abstract

This study should be helpful for nurse executives as they build a business case to address nurse turnover in their organizations, and for policy-makers as they develop policies about turnover.

Leadership style and organisational commitment among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia

“…While there are inconsistencies in reporting the costs of nurse workforce turnover (Li & Jones, 2013) there is no dispute that turnover is expensive. Measures to reduce it, in addition to providing a more committed workforce providing better patient care (Collini, Guidroz, & Perez, 2015), will conserve resources which can be more appropriately allocated.…”

The rate and cost of nurse turnover in Australia

“…In Jordan, the turnover rate has been estimated as high as 36.6%, with the authors using a broad definition as the total number of leavers (Hayajneh, AbuAlRub, Athamneh, & Almakhzoomy, 2009). Providing further evidence of the variation, in England a turnover rate of roughly 10% has been reported (Morris, 2006), while figures have ranged from 12--21% across 10 European countries according to a review by Li and Jones (2013).…”

Analyzing U.S. nurse turnover: Are nurses leaving their jobs or the profession itself?

“…[2,6] Nurse turnover can also adversely impact health care organizations' bottom line through higher recruitment and replacement costs. [7,8] Despite ongoing research interest in nurse turnover, there is significant variation in how this is defined, [7] ranging from the actual leaving the organization to the intent to leave in the near future. [9][10][11] Furthermore, the direction of leaving, yet another dimension of job turnover, has received very little attention in the literature.…”