ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Retaining Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review of Strategies for Sustaining Power in the Workplace.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Burnout among paediatric surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Pooled it
- The race to retain nursing workforce in healthcare: an umbrella review of effectiveness of retention interventions and strategies.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the link between healthcare organizational culture and provider work satisfaction: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Understanding turnover in healthcare and welfare sectors of high-income countries: an umbrella review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Spaced Digital Education for Health Professionals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Analytical performance of four HbA1c point-of-care devices: a cross-sectional evaluation in low- and middle-income countries.BMJ open · 2026Trial
- Initiatives to support nursing workforce sustainability: A rapid umbrella review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- PROTOCOL: Interventions to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Mental Health Professionals: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Building, Recruiting and Retaining the Hospital Nursing Workforce: An International Policy-Oriented Narrative Review of Workforce Pipeline Interventions (2016-2026).International nursing review · 2026Review
- Intention to Leave Among Quality Nurses in Public Hospitals in Kuwait: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Digital health and rural health workforce retention: mapping workforce retention pathways.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- The Importance of Clinical Mentorship Through the Lens of Newly-Graduated Registered Nurses: A Focused Ethnographic Study in a Hospital Setting.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Standardized Communication Across Interprofessional Teams: A Quality-Improvement Initiative to Support Nursing Staff Retention.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Improving health workforce retention in remote Australia: a best-worst scaling study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Exploring staff recruitment and retention in radiation therapy: global insights from an ESTRO RTT workshop.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Key factors associated with nurse retention and how they work: A mixed-methods study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Exploring work motivation in High and Intensive Care wards with the confession booth: An innovative approach.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Effect of the Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative on VHA Clinician Turnover by Level of Program Engagement.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
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Abstract
The shortage of healthcare workers is a growing concern. The COVID-19 pandemic and retirement wave have accelerated turnover rates. This systematic review aimed to identify and analyse the existing interventions for job retention of healthcare workers, in terms of nurses and physicians, in a hospital setting. A comprehensive search was conducted within three electronic databases, guided by the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses (PRISMA) and synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) guidelines, this resulted in 55 records that met the inclusion criteria. The intervention outcomes are categorized into substantial themes: onboarding, transition program to a different unit, stress coping, social support, extra staffing, coping with the demands of patient care, work relationships, development opportunities and department resources, job environment, work organization, recruitment approach, and technological innovations. Considering the literature, onboarding programs and mentoring for nurses and physicians are recommended. Additionally, other interventions described in this review could positively affect the retention of nurses and physicians. When selecting an intervention for implementation, managers and human resources should consider the intervention that matches the determinant of intention to leave of their healthcare workers and the hospital's mission, vision, and values. Sharing the success stories of implemented interventions may benefit healthcare organizations.
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