Nursing Ranked Last in Employee Engagement for Second Year in a Row; Quantum Workplace Research Reveals Team Dynamics Cause Plummet in Nurses Engagement
Summary
Participants are asked questions about key factors affecting employee engagement, including perceptions of teamwork, trust in leaders, job satisfaction, and benefits.“In a profession where poor teamwork can be the difference between life and death, a low team dynamics score among nurses is not an engagement trend to take lightly,” said Quantum Workplace CEO Greg Harris.For more information on employee engagement in nursing and across departments, visit About Quantum Workplace Quantum Workplace is an HR technology company that serves more than 8,700 organizations annually through employee engagement surveys, action-planning tools, exit surveys, peer-to-peer recognition, performance evaluations, goal tracking, and leadership assessment.This is well behind the national average among best places to work of 66% – and a world away from the most engaged department, sales, with 80% of employees engaged.Nursing has long experienced a shortage of talent, and this shortage has been compounded by the 2008 recession, the growing population of American elderly, and new insurance processes.The research conducted examines over half a million employees at more than 8,700 best places to work across the US.Participants are asked questions about key factors affecting employee engagement, including perceptions of teamwork, trust in leaders, job satisfaction, and benefits.