Engaging and Retaining Gen Z Nurses: Trends and Strategies
Engaging and Retaining Gen Z Nurses: Trends and Strategies
Spring 2026
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and its Workforce Committee are leading a national effort to understand and address nurse leaders’ key workforce challenges. A major objective of the work is to illuminate these challenges and identify specific strategies to elevate and support nurse leaders in addressing them.
As part of this effort, AONL has partnered with Laudio, a purpose-built software and analytics company whose mission is to inspire and amplify the people who deliver great healthcare. Frontline leaders and executives use Laudio to streamline work for leaders and help drive large-scale change through everyday human actions.
AONL and Laudio Insights, Laudio’s dedicated analytics group, partner on biannual reports (spring and fall) highlighting data and best practices to inform decision-making for frontline leaders and their executives. The Spring 2026 report, Engaging and Retaining Gen Z Nurses: Trends and Strategies, examines how Gen Z RNs' unique preferences are reshaping the nursing workforce and what nurse leaders must do to support long-term retention.
