title: Willing to walk: a creative strategy to minimize stress related to floating.
abstract: Asking a nurse to float has traditionally been fraught with anxiety, fear, and frustration. Floating can result in nursing dissatisfaction and high turnover rates. The authors discuss a strategy to minimize nurse anxiety and enhance nurse autonomy. The strategy has been successful for more than 6 years and contributed to a positive trend in nursing satisfaction with a very low turnover rate.
authors.affiliation: Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio 44710, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Good
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009820:Ohio; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*