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Strategies For Reducing Nurses' Turnover In Specialty Care Clinics, Lawrence Benjamin
Strategies For Reducing Nurses' Turnover In Specialty Care Clinics, Lawrence Benjamin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The nursing shortage and high turnover rates are a problem in Canada and the world over. The purpose of this single case study was to explore leadership strategies that nurse leaders in specialty care clinics in Canada use to reduce nurse turnover. The participants were 7 nurse leaders from a single organization with specialty care clinics across Canada who all had above average nurse retention rates when compared to the case organization's average nurse retention rate. The authentic leadership theory was the conceptual framework. Data sources for this study were company documents, participants' semistructured interview responses, member checking of the …
Patient Safety Problems, Procedures, And Systems Associated With Safety Reporting And Turnover, Grace Hilario
Patient Safety Problems, Procedures, And Systems Associated With Safety Reporting And Turnover, Grace Hilario
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research has shown that 400,000 people die every year due to preventable medical errors. Medical error reporting and safety is a responsibility of all members of a health care organization. Creating an environment that addresses and prevents potential or actual safety problems can help reduce the incidence of medical errors made by nurses in the workplace. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine if nurses' perceptions of safety problems and error-preventing procedures and systems affected their comfort in reporting safety problems and intent to leave. High-reliability theory was the theoretical foundation for this study. Data were obtained …
Relationship Between Self-Determination And Employee Retention, Tiffany Edwards
Relationship Between Self-Determination And Employee Retention, Tiffany Edwards
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Retention of registered nurses (RNs) is essential to the sustainability of quality health care services. More than 55% of hospitals in the United States have not translated retention initiatives into a formal retention strategy. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between training programs, new hire onboarding processes, frozen positions, and nurse retention. The self-determination theory was the theoretical framework for this study. Secondary data were collected from the 2016 Texas Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results of the multiple linear regression were statistically significant, with F(3, 251) = .602, …