Study: Satisfaction Tops Pay as Reason for CNA Turnover

If you think it's the almighty dollar that's leading CNAs to leave their jobs, think again. A new study points to job satisfaction and emotional well-being as being bigger factors in turnover than pay.

The participants in the study were placed in one of three categories:

• Stayers: CNAs who held the same job a year after the survey
• Leavers: CNAs who left the LTC industry altogether
• Switchers: CNAs who spent 30 hours a week in the role but switched to another facility a year after the survey

The researchers found that leavers were more likely than switchers to cite health problems as the reason for leaving a facility. Switchers, on the other hand, were more likely than leavers to quit their jobs to pursue other opportunities. Switchers were more likely than stayers to report feeling emotional distress, lower job satisfaction and less respect for their supervisors, even though the two groups were similar in terms of paid leave and health insurance.

The researchers also discovered a leave-the-LTC-setting rate of 5.85 percent and leave-to-another-facility rate of 8.4 percent.

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