Nurse Turnover Case Study

In the future, the issue of turnover is and will continue to be a problem for the NICU and ACH as a whole. Many new graduates are joining the NICU in pursuance of experience, subsequently, returning to school to advance their degree or take a travel nursing assignment. This is a major cost to the ICUs, due to the amount of time orientation for a new nurse requires. Simultaneously, these nurses also receive their Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Pediatric Advanced Life Support certifications, another useless expense. Consequently, this turnover creates nurses being pulled from other ICUs, Intermediate units, and Resource Nurses into the NICU. For most hospitals, this is not an issue, but ACH does not retain consistent policies and procedures