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The nursing profession plays a pivotal role in healthcare delivery, and maintaining a stable nursing workforce is crucial for ensuring patient safety and quality care. This article investigates multifaceted factors contributing to nursing attrition and its implications. Nursing attrition poses significant challenges to healthcare organizations worldwide, leading to staffing shortages, compromised patient care, and increased costs. Understanding the underlying causes and effects of nurse turnover is essential for developing effective strategies to mitigate its impact and promote nurse retention. This article adopts a comprehensive literature review synthesis approach. By synthesizing findings across various studies, a holistic understanding of the complex interplay between nurse personal factors, work environment dynamics, depersonalization, job satisfaction, and their implications for nursing attrition are discussed. Several factors are identified, such as job satisfaction and professional growth, alongside work environment factors, including staffing levels and organizational support, as key determinants of nursing attrition. A positive practice environment, peer support initiatives, and retention-focused strategies emerge as critical interventions for addressing nurse turnover and enhancing nurse retention. Future research endeavors should explore the nuanced interactions between individual nurse characteristics, organizational dynamics, and external factors to gain deeper insights into nursing attrition phenomena. Longitudinal studies assessing the effectiveness of retention interventions and peer support programs in diverse healthcare settings would provide valuable empirical evidence for informing evidence-based practices. Additionally, examining the impact of emerging trends, such as telehealth and remote work arrangements, on nursing attrition warrants attention to adapt strategies accordingly in the evolving healthcare landscape.
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