The hospital has experienced an increased turnover in its professional nursing staff. What items should be included in the cost of this turnover? Select all that apply

Question

1. Interviewing costs for replacement employees
2. Lost productivity
3. Lost intellectual property
4. Increased use of per diem staff
5. Increased use of health benefits

Answer 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Explanation: 1. Costs of advertising for and interviewing nurses to replace those who have left are costs associated with turnover.
2. The hospital has lost the productivity of nurses who have left. Typically, those who are leaving are doing so after having worked at the facility long enough to be productive.
3. If the nursing staff has developed any marketable goods, the hospital would lose access to those materials. The hospital also loses access to any systems that the nurse has developed for daily work.
4. The use of per diem staff to fill in until new permanent staff is hired is expensive.
5. The increased stress associated with working short staffed and trying to hire staff can cause additional illnesses in the nurses who remain.