TY - JOUR
T1 - The rate and cost of nurse turnover in Australia
AU - Roche, Michael A.
AU - Duffield, Christine M.
AU - Homer, Caroline
AU - Buchan, James
AU - Dimitrelis, Sofia
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant ( LP0774836 ) and is part of an international project that looks at the cost of nurse turnover and the impact of turnover on patient safety and nurse health and safety outcomes. Co-principal investigators are Professor Linda O’Brien Pallas (University of Toronto, Canada) and Dr Judith Shamian (Victoria Nurses Association Canada). Team members represent five countries and include Dr Heather Laschinger (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada); Dr Pat Griffin (Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Professor James Buchan (Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK); Dr Patricia Stone (Columbia University, New York, USA); Professor Christine Duffield (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia); Associate Professor Nicola North (University of Auckland, New Zealand).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Australian College of Nursing Ltd.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Nurse turnover is a critical issue facing workforce planners across the globe, particularly in light of protracted and continuing workforce shortages. An ageing population coupled with the rise in complex and chronic diseases, have contributed to increased demands placed on the health system and importantly, nurses who themselves are ageing. Costs associated with nurse turnover are attracting more attention; however, existing measurements of turnover show inconsistent findings, which can be attributed to differences in study design, metrics used to calculate turnover and variations in definitions for turnover. This paper will report the rates and costs of nurse turnover across three States in Australia.
AB - Nurse turnover is a critical issue facing workforce planners across the globe, particularly in light of protracted and continuing workforce shortages. An ageing population coupled with the rise in complex and chronic diseases, have contributed to increased demands placed on the health system and importantly, nurses who themselves are ageing. Costs associated with nurse turnover are attracting more attention; however, existing measurements of turnover show inconsistent findings, which can be attributed to differences in study design, metrics used to calculate turnover and variations in definitions for turnover. This paper will report the rates and costs of nurse turnover across three States in Australia.
KW - Nurse turnover
KW - Turnover costs
KW - Turnover rates
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U2 - 10.1016/j.colegn.2014.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.colegn.2014.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 26775521
AN - SCOPUS:84947486471
SN - 1322-7696
VL - 22
SP - 353
EP - 358
JO - Collegian
JF - Collegian
IS - 4
ER -