St. Luke’s Health attracts, retains top nurses
It’s no secret that nurses occupy one of the most demanding of all professions — and are in high demand.
A 2022 study showed that about 100,000 registered nurses left the workforce over the previous two years due to stress, burnout and retirements, and more than 600,000 nurses intend to leave the profession by 2027.
It’s a top priority at St. Luke’s Health to attract and retain these indispensable health care team members through several innovative initiatives that promote a healthier work-life balance and improve job satisfaction for nurses at every stage of their careers.
Giving nurses a voice and an opportunity to be heard and taken seriously about their work-life balance needs is the single most important strategy for retaining nurses.
Offering more flexibility in scheduling and sharing in the decision making allows nurses to collaborate with each other and their supervisors about their shift schedules and empowers team members.
Providing ongoing educational support for furthering their own professional development is another way St. Luke’s Health is enhancing the job satisfaction of its existing nursing staff.
Both strategies are also powerful recruiting tools for attracting new nurses as well as incentives for those who have left the workforce but want to return to the profession.
Balancing the wellbeing of its nurses with the needs of the patients they serve is core to the mission of St. Luke’s Health.
It’s their way of putting “humankindness” into practice every day.