Study Summary Background. The first few years of nursing are stressful on many levels: fear of errors, lack of support, interpersonal conflict, and complex work environments. Many factors can lead to a decision by a new graduate nurse to leave a job, causing high rates of turnover, a costly outcome for both the nurse and [...]

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There is a significant association between patient mortality and exposure to nursing shifts that fall below target staffing levels or have high patient turnover, the authors of a new study report. “We estimate that the risk of death increased by 2% for each below-target shift and 4% for each high-turnover shift to which a patient [...]

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