ReviewInternational journal of nursing sciences2025
Retaining nurses in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The race to retain nursing workforce in healthcare: an umbrella review of effectiveness of retention interventions and strategies.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of hospital safety culture and workplace sexual harassment on turnover intention of nursing professionals in Upper East Region, Ghana.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Ward Atmosphere and Its Predictive Factors Among Psychiatric Nurses in Closed Psychiatric Wards: A Latent Profile Analysis.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Barriers to Effective Clinical Experiences Among Newly Qualified Registered Nurses: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the current prevalence of nurse retention in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), evaluate the strategies and interventions in SSA countries used to retain their nurses, and identify the key challenges impeding nurse retention. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted. An electronic search was performed in August 2024 across multiple databases, including PubMed, Ovid Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, and grey literature sources. The studies were screened using Covidence, and quality assessments were conducted using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Results: A total of 31 articles were included in the review. Meta-analysis revealed that the pooled nurses' retention rate in SSA was 53 % (95 % Conclusions: Nurse retention in SSA remains critically low. Interventions should be formulated for the above-mentioned effective improvement strategies to address these systemic challenges in order to retain nurses in SSA.
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