So I know what high turnover is, and that it's bad. I never paid attention to it during my high school and college jobs, but in the 9 years I've worked my adult healthcare jobs, I started a loose definition.
If you're losing 1 employee a month on average, that constitutes high turnover. Lose 1 person every 2 months average, and you better shape up or it gets bad quickly.
My first job lost 1 person a month, and out of a department of 25-30 people (both days, nights, and prn) we didn't feel the squeeze that much. My last job I just left has 12 people from all positions, and though we lost 6 people in the year I worked there (myself included), they were definitely feeling the workload increase.
I wanted to get a more strict perspective from others in various fields. So my general question to you guys is: what constituents high turnover in your field, or high turnover relative to the number of employees in your department?