The average cost of turnover for a staff registered nurse in the US is $46,100, with an average range of $33,900 to $58,300, according to the 2022 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN Staffing Report from Nursing Solutions Inc., a national nurse recruitment agency. The average time needed to replace a nurse is about 87 days. Nurses in some fields, including emergency services and behavioral health, are leaving at accelerating rates, with cumulative turnover rates that exceed 100%. (This happens when jobs need to be filled over and over—for example, an organization with 100 employees may have 50 positions that are filled by employees who stay long term and 50 positions where lots of turnover is the norm. Each terminated employee is part of the organization’s overall turnover rate.)