b'Peconic Bay Medical Center 2018 Annual ReportThe East End deserves the best nursing care.Were attracting the best nurses.Perhaps more than any other factor, a hospitals quality of care depends on the quality of its nurses. In that regard, Peconic Bay Medical Center is strong and growing stronger.At a time when the competition for talent is the highest it has ever been, were getting better at keeping our best nurses. According to our 2018 staff survey, our percentage of nurses who are planning to leave within the next five years has declined by 26% from 2017. Among our Emergency Department nurses, our turnover rate for 2018 was 75% lower than for 2017, and at just 6% was far below the 20% national average for ED nurses. By the end of 2018, thanks to our nurses commitment to continuous self-development and Northwell Healths support for career advancement: 27% of our clinical nurses had earned specialty certificates in recognition of advanced training anincrease of 50% over 2017 51% of our clinical nurses had earned bachelor degrees or higher an increase of 24% over 2017 Better skills for our nurses means better care for our patients.10'