“With the turnover rates where they’re at now, there’s no way we can keep thinking how we did in the past—like, we have to. There’s no doubt. We have to think differently,” Deborah Cline, DNP, RN, associate professor in the Department of Graduate Studies with Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston in Texas, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a discussion about oncology nurse retention.  You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode and completing the evaluation linked below.   Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Earn 1.0 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD), which may be applied to the professional practice and performance ILNA categories, by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by December 29, 2025. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  Learning outcome: The learner will report an increase in knowledge related to nurse retention strategies.  Episode Notes  Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.  Oncology Nursing Podcast: Episode 231: Nurses Thrive in a Healthy Work Culture Episode 187: The Critical Need for Well-Being and Resiliency and How to Practice Episode 85: Nursing Resilience and Self-Care Aren’t Optional  ONS Voice articles: Train and Retain: From Orientation to Leadership, Here Are the Strategies That Experienced Staff Developers Use American Rescue Plan Funds Will Reduce Burnout, Promote Mental Wellness Among Healthcare Workforce Biden-Harris Administration Invests $100 Million in Awards to Grow the Nursing Workforce Create Space Between Work and Life With These ONS Member-Tested Techniques  Clinical Oncology Nursing: Will You Leave or Stay?  ONS Nurse Well-Being Learning Library  ONS Symptom Interventions and Guidelines: Peripheral Neuropathy  The Journal of Excellence in Nursing Leadership: The Accreditation in Shared Governance Program (Robert Hess)  American Nurses Foundation Stress and Burnout Prevention Program  National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience  Would you like to hear more from Debbie and about the future of nurse retention? Check out her next presentation at ONS Congress® in April 2024.  To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.   To find resources for creating an ONS Podcast Club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library.  To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email [email protected].  Highlights From Today’s Episode  “When you look at the data, we have over 3 million nurses in the United States. Approximately, 1.7 million of those are in the hospitals, but unfortunately, the turnover rate has nearly doubled. Just since 2019, where it was about 15.9% nationally, we are over 27% since 2021.” TS 1:45  “The data actually shows that it’s turnover in early-career nurses. When we’re looking at that first five years of data and who’s turning over, it’s our nurses that are one to two years. Our patients are so complex. When you’re looking at staff turnover that’s early, we’re going to have a huge problem getting to the point where we can keep some of the knowledge going, and when you lose them early, it’s not good for nursing and oncology nursing in specific.” TS 3:05  “In May of this year, we learned that nursing enrollments for entry level baccalaureate programs are down for the first time in over a 20-year peri