BOSTON, MA – October 22, 2024 – Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) today announced the release of their second joint report, Trends and Innovations in Nurse Manager Retention. The report provides new data on nurse manager retention trends, along with the downstream impacts of manager turnover, and couples it with actionable insights directly from managers on high-priority improvements to promote satisfaction, retention, and growth.

Building on the spring report, Quantifying Nurse Manager Impact, the new report provides fresh insights from the Laudio Insights dataset – spanning over 200,000 frontline team members – and AONL-led interviews with nurse managers. The analysis shows that nurse manager turnover is highest during the first four years of leadership, revealing a critical window for leader support and investment. Furthermore, nurse manager transitions have a quantifiable impact on RN retention – they were associated with a two to four percentage point average rise in RN turnover in the year that followed.

“Nurse managers are vital in maintaining the stability of frontline teams and ensuring optimal patient care,” said Robyn Begley, CEO of AONL and chief nursing officer, SVP of workforce at the American Hospital Association. “This report underscores the importance of prioritizing nurse manager well-being and engagement in health systems’ workforce strategies. It also provides practical guidance to implement meaningful changes to support these crucial leaders.”

The report also highlights top areas for health system executives to prioritize based on nurse manager interviews, including:

• Ensuring a healthy work environment: the top priority managers cited, this encompasses fostering an environment with psychological safety, physical safety, and flexibility.
• Promoting leadership development: an especially critical investment area with the data showing that 50% of nurse managers have 3.5 or fewer years of management experience.
• Identifying and developing future leaders early: frontline nurses advancing into manager roles represent the top source of new nurse managers (37%).
• Address nurse manager role complexity: assessing span of control and workloads, and taking action to simplify the work, are critical to making management more sustainable.

“Our findings reinforce that investments in nurse managers are truly investments in the broader frontline workforce,” said Tim Darling, co-founder of Laudio and President of Laudio Insights. “We are proud to build on our partnership with AONL to bring additional evidence-based insights to the industry on how best to support – and retain – both emerging and existing leaders in their roles.”

Laudio and AONL executives will be attending HLTH 2024 in Las Vegas, NV from October 20-23. Media attendees interested in scheduling a meeting can contact LaudioPR@ariamarketing.com.

About Laudio 
Laudio empowers healthcare leaders to drive large-scale change through everyday human actions. Our AI-enhanced platform streamlines workflows for frontline leaders, strengthens interpersonal connections, and aligns C-suite objectives with frontline efforts, boosting operational efficiency, employee engagement, and patient experience. Laudio makes it possible for patients, frontline workers, and health system leaders to thrive together. Discover how at laudio.com. 

About AONL 
As the national professional organization of more than 12,000 nurse leaders, the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) is the voice of nursing leadership. Our membership encompasses nurse leaders working in hospitals, health systems, academia and other care settings across the care continuum. Since 1967, the organization has led the field of nursing leadership through professional development, advocacy and research that advances nursing leadership practice and patient care. AONL is an affiliate of the American Hospital Association. For more information, visit AONL.org.