Beyond Turnover Costs: The Unmeasured Societal Toll of Losing Nurses to Burnout
By
Judy E. Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, and Robert Longyear
Summary
This article argues that healthcare leaders have become adept at calculating the direct financial costs of nurse turnover (vacancy, recruitment, orientation, contract labor, productivity losses), but are failing to account for the much larger societal costs of losing nurses entirely from the profession due to burnout, illness, or death. It calls for a broader framework that values nurses' contributions beyond hospital budgets, considering the long-term impact on community health, patient outcomes, and the healthcare system as a whole.
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· 3 pulledHealthcare leaders have become increasingly sophisticated in calculating the cost of nurse turnover.
We have formulas to estimate vacancy costs, recruitment expenses, orientation costs, contract labor expenditures, and productivity losses.
Yet, we continue to overlook a larger question: What is the societal cost of losing a nurse?
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