Arianta, K., & Goller, M. (2025). Where I can learn, I want to stay! Strengthening the willingness to stay through a practice environment conducive to learning. PADUA, 20(3), 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1024/1861-6186/a000866

Abstract: Training dropouts exacerbate the current nursing shortage. It is therefore necessary to strengthen the willingness of trainees to remain in the professional nursing sector. A practice environment conducive to learning can contribute to this. Opportunities in nursing practice to develop professional skills increase trainees' willingness to stay in nursing (Arianta, 2024).

The publication uses the results of Katrin Arianta's dissertation and derives recommendations for practice in the nursing and healthcare sector. It shows that designing clinical training places in a way that promotes learning is an important instrument for retaining skilled staff in the long term. Various measures of targeted training management (e.g. integration of trainees into the nursing teams, implementation of school wards as complex teaching-learning arrangements, individualization of practical guidance, targeted learning support as a task of the entire nursing team, etc.) promise a reduction in the dropout behaviour of nursing students during training as well as long-term retention of trainees in the profession and the employer.