Dynamic Boundaries for Nurses

Burnout Index

Average cost to a hospital when one bedside RN leaves : $60,090¹


Annual losses the typical hospital absorbs to RN turnover : $4.2M–$6.2M¹


Nurses who report feeling burned out most days : 58%²


Average time it now takes to fill one open RN position : 78 days¹


Odds that a nurse with burnout leaves necessary care undone, compared with a nurse without burnout : 5x³


Prevalence of nurses reporting at least one missed required care item, across a 42-study systematic review : 55%–98%⁴


Turnover rate among early-career nurses within their first two years : 20–40%⁵


Public librarians, annual turnover : 7.1%⁶


Government employees, annual turnover : 0.8%–1.4%⁷


How much longer nurses stay at hospitals with active burnout-reduction programs : 20%⁸


Nurse educators who showed a statistically significant drop in burnout after a boundary-management training study : 24 of 24⁹


Published decision-making frameworks for in-the-moment nurse boundary-setting found in a review of the nursing literature : 0¹⁰

Dynamic Boundary-training for Nurses

A leap in the right direction.

November 14, 2026; Seattle University
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Sources: 1. NSI Nursing Solutions, 2026 National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. 2. AMN Healthcare, 2025 RN Survey (12,000+ respondents). 3. White, Aiken & McHugh, 2019, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 4. AHRQ PSNet, systematic review of 42 studies. 5. Scheepers, Coetzee & Fourie, 2025, BMC Nursing. 6. Torabi, 2011, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 6(2), 64–68. 7. BLS/Mercer, 2025 Workforce Turnover Survey. 8. Muir, 2022, Journal of Patient Safety, 18(4), 351–357. 9. Schwehr et al., 2025, Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 10. Unhjem & Hem, 2025, Nursing Ethics.

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  • "Although I love speaking with patients, making my “yeses” be “yes,” and my “nos” be “no” is not my strong suit… Being able to offer a firm “no,” with a non-compromising “yes,” is a way to maintain my own sanity, while also providing the colleague, administrator, or patient with something out of the deal as well. It was a very enjoyable talk; she’s an engaging speaker, and I plan to purchase her book. I highly recommend working with her.”

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