Impact of Job Satisfaction and Turnover in Nurse Practitioners

Abstract

Research has found nurse practitioner's (NP) provide high quality care with similar patient outcomes to physician-provided care. However, research has also found that NP turnover rates to be twice that of physicians.  The combination of projected physician and shortage and high turnover of NPs does little to relieve existing and projected primary care provider shortages. The purpose of this study was to examine if there is a relationship between job satisfaction and anticipated nurse turnover in actively practicing NP's.