Nurse practitioner job preference: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurse practitioners play a critical role in improving the access to care and in meeting the needs for health care. However, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the average turnover rate of nurse practitioners was 10 % with associated total direct cost that ranged from $85,832 to $114,919 for each episode of turnover in the United States. Little is known about the job preference of nurse practitioners and the cost savings to an organization that provides jobs with characteristics attractive to nurse practitioners.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify the preferred job characteristics that are associated with nurse practitioners' job choices; and to determine the extent to which nurse practitioners would need to be compensated for practicing without these cha

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9671868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature