Drennan, VM; Halter, M; Gale, J; Harris, R
(2016)
Retaining nurses in metropolitan areas: insights from senior nurse and human resource managers.
Journal of Nursing Management, 24 (8).
pp. 1041-1048.
ISSN 1365-2834
https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12402
SGUL Authors: Drennan, Vari MacDougal
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Abstract
AIM: To investigate the views of senior nurse and human resource managers of strategies to retain hospital nurses in a metropolitan area. BACKGROUND: Against a global shortage, retaining nurses is a management imperative for the quality of hospital services. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews, thematically analysed. RESULTS: Metropolitan areas have many health organisations in geographical proximity, offering nurses choices in employer and employment. Senior nurse and human resource managers recognised the complexity of factors influencing nurse turnover, including those that 'pulled' nurses out of their jobs to other posts and factors that 'pushed' nurses to leave. Four themes emerged in retaining nurses: strategy and leadership, including analysis of workforce and leavers' data, remuneration, the type of nursing work and career development and the immediate work environment. CONCLUSIONS: In contexts where multiple organisations compete for nurses, addressing retention through strategic leadership is likely to be important in paying due attention and apportioning resources to effective strategies. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Aside from good human resource management practices for all, strategies tailored to different segments of the nursing workforce are likely to be important. This metropolitan study suggests attention should be paid to strategies that address remuneration, progressing nursing careers and the immediate work environment.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors Journal of Nursing Management Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue. |
Keywords: | human resource managers, metropolitan area, qualitative research, retaining nurses, senior nurses, Nursing, 1110 Nursing |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Nursing Management |
ISSN: | 1365-2834 |
Language: | ENG |
Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 |
PubMed ID: | 27291829 |
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107999 |
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12402 |
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