Nursing Personnel Turnover Rates Turned Over: Potential Positive Effects on Resident Outcomes in Nursing Homes

Abstract

This study examines the assumed negative effects of nursing personnel turnover rates and nursing home and aggregate resident characteristics on resident discharge and death rates. It uses data from a 1978 study of nursing personnel turnover rates and a 1979 followup study of resident discharge and death rates for 122 North Carolina nursing homes. Although the effects of nursing home and aggregate resident characteristics were expected, the unanticipated influence of nursing personnel turnover rates suggests that turnover potentially be reevaluated from an expanded, positive perspective.