This means that the ‘game is already on’ for this measure since the baseline period was FY 22,” said Steven Littlehale, RN, chief innovation officer at Zimmet Healthcare Services Group, who put national nurse staff turnover at 54%.
“Whatever support the government can offer to providers to incentivize staff retention is appreciated; however, we need more carrots and fewer sticks,” Littlehale told McKnight’. “Additional regulation is not the answer to this quagmire.”