What is known about nurse retention in peri-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 work environments: protocol for a scoping review of factors, strategies and interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The pandemic has highlighted a worsening of nurses' working conditions and a global nursing shortage. Little is known about the factors, strategies and interventions that improve nurse retention in the peri-COVID and post-COVID time period. An improved understanding of approaches implemented to support and retain nurses will provide a blueprint for sustaining the nursing workforce. The objectives of this scoping review are to investigate and describe the following: (a) factors associated with nurse retention; (b) strategies suggested to support nurse retention and (c) interventions trialled to support nurse retention, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods and analysis

Medline, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus will be searched. The included studies will be qua

SUBMITTER: Buckley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11423726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature