Surprising Ways to Reduce Turnover in High-Pressure, High-Skill Jobs

If you’re the head of a U.S. hospital or health system, the following numbers should give you pause. In 2024 alone, more than 287,000 nurses have left their jobs, and nearly 1.6 million say they intend to do so within five years. When a nurse leaves the company, the cost goes far beyond recruiting and onboarding. Hospitals are losing the continuity of care, unit-level expertise, and working relationships that help highly stressed clinical units function well. In an area already facing staffing pressure, staff turnover can quickly become a capacity issue as much as a staffing issue.