Nursing Incentives - New Grads and Expereinced

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I work for a large Healthcare organization and we are looking for creative incentives to attract and retain both New Grad and Experienced Nurses.

What are the most attractive nursing incentives that you have heard offered? What do you wish was offered at your company that has never been mentioned?

We are open to any all compensation and benefit related incentives, whatever it would take to recruit and retain talented nurses.

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Reseasonable staffing ratios. I'd rather make less and have less patients.

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I work for a large Healthcare organization and we are looking for creative incentives to attract and retain both New Grad and Experienced Nurses.

What are the most attractive nursing incentives that you have heard offered? What do you wish was offered at your company that has never been mentioned?

We are open to any all compensation and benefit related incentives, whatever it would take to recruit and retain talented nurses.

You really don't need to be "creative". Just ask your staff and then ....LISTEN to what they have to say.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Um.... if you are going to ignore bad staffing ratios and demand service with a smile, we're just not that into you.

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What do you wish was offered at your company that has never been mentioned?

Respect/professional regard

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Specializes in Pedi.

This is what I look for when applying for jobs: 1) competitive salary, 2) generous PTO, 3) health insurance with no deductible.

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Specializes in Critical care.
This is what I look for when applying for jobs: 1) competitive salary, 2) generous PTO, 3) health insurance with no deductible.

Generous PTO that you can ACTUALLY use- no, well you have 200+ hours of PTO, but you can't take a week off because of staffing issues.

Access to free continuing education credits and reimbursement for certification expenses and attending conferences.

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Be willing to hire ADN nurses.

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Reduced weekend/holiday requirements

Money

Decent patient ratios (though this should be a given, not a nursing incentive).

**Second the ability to use pto. However, not sure how you'd market that. It's usually a surprise once you start. :-/

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

Free or subsided parking.

Subsided public transit passes.

A prepaid legal plan.

Self-scheduling.

The ability to use PTO.

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Specializes in IMCU, Oncology.

Too me this is the simplest answer. I think the biggest reason that nurses leave is patient ratio. The amount of responsibility placed on nurses is unreasonable especially for the pay and they are given an unreasonable ratio. You wouldn't have to pay to train new nurses if you paid nurses the appropriate rate with appropriate ratios. Attracting them and then giving them a unfair ratio is not going to retain them. If I were a patient in the hospital on a med/surg floor, would I really want my nurse caring for 6 to 10 patients (with admissions/discharges in the mix)?

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Generous tuition reimbursement, affordable healthcare premiums, flexible / self scheduling, special differential incentives for difficult to fill shifts (my hospital offers double time for weekend and night shift holes).

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