• Press Ganey report “State of Nursing 2026” flagged stabilizing nurse engagement, but described recovery as uneven across roles, generations, care settings.
• Early-career attrition remained acute, with 1 in 5 early-career nurses leaving their organizations, raising long-term workforce stability risk as Millennials and Gen Z expand as share of workforce.
• Overall registered nurse turnover ran about 17%, with workload strain persisting; 1 in 4 RNs reported difficulty disconnecting from work, alongside more than one-third of advanced practice providers.
• Shift-based performance gaps emerged as strategic risk, with night and weekend nurses reporting lower perceptions of safety culture, teamwork, organizational support versus daytime staff.
• Report pointed to targeted, role- and generation-specific retention actions, citing early warning signs of turnover risk within first few years of tenure.

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