Topic > Nursing Theory by Patricia Benner - 2010
Management spends several hundred dollars on each new nurse they hire and train. Using Benner's theory and investing in nurse retention will reduce costs, as well as ensure better patient outcomes. Reducing nursing turnover is estimated to have saved one and a half to two times salary (Friedman, Delaney, Schmidt, Quinn, & Macyk, 2013). During my first four or five years in my current position,. I have noticed that there is an increase in novice and advanced nurses who don't stay very long. During exit interviews it was brought to my attention that the orientation they received was not enough to make them feel comfortable. The nurses felt he or she had a rushed orientation and did not feel confident addressing some of them
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