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Or Rn Onboarding. A Quality Improvement Project, Victoria Burkhart, Eroica Hunter

Interprofessional Research and Innovations Council

OR RN Onboarding. A Quality Improvement Project.

Victoria Burkhart, BSN, RN

Eroica Hunter, BSN, RN, CNOR

Background: National Data¹ shows that about 18% (1 in 5) new RNs leave their 1^st job within 1 year; 1 in 3 leave within 2 years. National Data² also shows that OR nursing turnover was in 2014 17.2% and in 2015 this had increased to 19.2%. At MMC OR turnover compares to national data, but has been slightly lower over the past years (e.g. 2014 - 10.9%; 2015 - 10.8% and 2016 - 9.5%). However, today in MMC OR, 28 …