Retention strategies and barriers for millennial nurses: a scoping review protocol

The objective of this scoping review is to explore the existing literature related to millennial nurse retention strategies and barriers; to examine and conceptually map the evidence; to extract any differences between nurse retention strategies and barriers for Generation Y and Generation Z; and to identify any gaps in the literature.

The millennial generation has become the largest group of nurses in the workforce and, as nursing leaders grow to understand their tendency to change employers frequently, it is important for organizations to identify and implement retention strategies and reduce retention barriers for this generation.

This review will consider studies that include registered nurses born between 1980 and 2000 with any level of educational preparation and in any setting or geographical location. The concept of this review is strategies and barriers for nurse retention.

The review will be conducted in accordance with JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Studies written in English and published after 2010 will be included. The databases to be searched include MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), Scopus (Elsevier), Ovid Healthstar (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), and PsycINFO (EBSCO). The search for unpublished studies will include MedNar (Mednar.com) and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest). Eligible studies will undergo data extraction by two independent reviewers using a tool created by the authors. Along with a narrative summary, results will be presented in diagrammatic or tabular form in a manner that aligns with the review objective and questions.