ArticlesJob Embeddedness as a Nurse Retention Strategy for Rural HospitalsStroth, Chandra MSN, RN, CCRN Author Information Author Affiliation: Director of Critical Care, Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Kentucky. Correspondence: 3335 Sharon Ct, Catlettsburg, KY 41129 ([email protected]). JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 40(1):p 32-35, January 2010. | DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181c47d30 Buy Metrics Abstract RN turnover is expensive and disruptive for rural hospitals, constraining finances, impacting patient care, and stressing remaining nurses. Recent investigations have described a promising new construct related to employee retention: job embeddedness. Leaders in nonhealthcare organizations have adopted a job-embeddedness model to guide retention strategies and experienced a subsequent reduction in turnover. The author explores job embeddedness as an effective retention plan strategy for rural hospitals. © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
