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19.2% of Nurses Leave After Workplace Violence. That’s Your Shortage.
Key Takeaways The workforce shortage conversation in behavioral health has been framed wrong for years. The dominant narrative centers on pipeline: not enough nursing school graduates, too few psychiatry residencies, aging demographics. All of these factors are real. None of them explain why you’re losing the nurses you already have. The data tells a different…
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Every Nurse You Lose to Violence Costs $61,110. Here’s What Stops the Bleeding.
Key Takeaways Your behavioral health nurses absorb more violence than almost any other role in healthcare. They’re also among your highest-turnover positions. These two facts are connected, and the connection is costing you far more than you’re tracking. The average cost to replace a single bedside RN reached $61,110 in 2024, an 8.6% increase from…
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The CNO’s Strategic Guide to Workplace Safety: Your Best Retention Strategy
To the Enterprise CNO, the pressure is immense. You are tasked with leading staff, ensuring patient care, and managing budget, all while facing industry-high rates of violence across your network. You know that violence damages morale, but the real cost isn’t emotional: it’s financial and existential. The core problem is simple: Every safety failure pushes…
