Reducing Nursing Vacancy Through Practice Partnerships
Abstract
A health system-based collaborative clinical partnership model was implemented to improve nursing students’ clinical experiences and recruit new nurse graduates into vacant nursing positions. A survey indicated clinical experiences with partnership instructors influenced student intent for employment post-graduation. Nurse vacancy decreased in correlation to new nurse graduate hires. A return on investment (ROI) analysis of the collaborative clinical partnership program estimated for 2023 an ROI of 680% with financial gain of 4.5 million dollars, and for mid-year 2024, the ROI was 408% with an estimated financial gain of 1.4 million dollars.
Learning Objective: After completing this education activity, the learner will be able to discuss the correlation between nurse vacancy and new nurse graduate hires through a return on investment analysis.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2025
Publication Title
Nursing Economic$
First Page
143
Last Page
149
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Katherine M. MSN, RN, CCRN-K and Bowers, Cynthia, "Reducing Nursing Vacancy Through Practice Partnerships" (2025). Nursing Publications, Posters, & Presentations. 94.
https://researchrepository.parkviewhealth.org/nursing-articles/94