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inda Talley and her team saw the challenges coming.
" There were signs we would be entering into a workforce
shortage before the pandemic, " says Talley, M.S., RN,
NE-BC, FAAN, senior vice president and chief nursing
officer, Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
" Throughout the pandemic, those drivers were top of mind
for us. " Drivers included nursing school enrollment numbers
that fell short of the projected demand for nursing services,
coupled with a shortage of faculty to teach those seeking a
nursing career. Another major issue: a significant number
of nurses reaching retirement age, which became a far more
pressing issue with the arrival of the pandemic.
" Our retirements almost doubled in 2021, " says Christine
Young, M.S.N, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief of hospital-based services
and chief nursing officer, Akron Children's Hospital in
Ohio. " As the pandemic progressed and you'd have these surges
and then periods of inactivity and then surges again, people
just made the decision that if the timing was right financially
for them, it was time for them to leave the workforce. "
According to the American College of Healthcare
Executives 2021 Annual Survey, the No. 1 concern among hospital
CEOs for the first time in 17 years is staffing. Nursing
turnover in particular is on the rise for reasons ranging from
early retirement and new work challenges to a desire for
work-life balance and opportunities in contractual nursing.
Children's hospitals participating in PROSPECT, the nation's
leading financial and operational comparative data set for
pediatrics, report an increase in the quarterly turnover rate
of more than 76% among registered nurses from the first
quarter of 2019 to the third quarter of 2021.
Nancy Korom, vice president and chief nursing officer at
Children's Wisconsin, has seen high numbers in nurse turnover
inside her own hospital. " I've been the CNO here for 24 years, "
says Korom, M.S.N., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. " This is the first time
we've been above 10% turnover among nurses. "
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