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Article: Retention of nursing staff - a team-based approach
- Article from:
- Australian Health Review
- Article date:
- December 13, 2004
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Abstract
This case study discusses a team-based approach to the retention of nursing staff. In 2001, Mercy Hospital for Women (Mercy) was part of a benchmarking study to try to understand more about its nursing workforce. The results indicated that 40% of nursing staff were at risk of leaving the Mercy and 41 % of nursing staff at risk of leaving their profession. With a pending relocation of the hospital, increased agency costs, and a high number of nursing staff at risk of leaving, the hospital established a project to address this issue.
A team of nurses worked together to improve the retention of staff and the culture of the organisation. The team spent time developing their own skills ...