Pediatric Critical Care Nurses: Recruitment, Turnover, Retention Experiences from C4-MNP

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Nursing turnover is a major issue, nationally, with the greatest number leaving after 2 to 5 years. Although adult critical care nurses are among the groups leaving the workforce in the greatest numbers, limited information specific to pediatric critical care nurses exists. Results of a working group-generated survey describe the experiences of a large national collaborative from 32 pediatric critical care programs (C4-MNP, 2023).

Objectives

Describe C4-MNP activities in areas of measurement development, benchmarking, practice improvement and opportunities to participate.
Discuss vulnerabilities of RN staffing models due to a global nursing shortage, toxic work environments and increased nursing turnover.
Identify variations and similarities of recruitment, turnover and retention practices of pediatric critical care programs.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

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