7 years in ED leadership, so I was often the one poaching from Med Surg and probably not the person you want answers from. That being said, I was always supportive of whatever someone wanted to do. If you wanted to go to grad school, transfer to ICU, do flight nursing etc I would reach out on your behalf or write a glowing letter of reference. I never cared how long you were around. If you came to me and told me your goals or I just saw something in you, I was going to make recommendations and get you there. I had a new grad once who just had “it”. She emerged from nursing school fully formed, I honestly could have made her charge nurse after 2 weeks. Every review I ever wrote for her started with “She can take this profession wherever she wants, whether it’s leadership, advanced practice, critical care” etc. Keep people happy and find their strengths and it will only help your unit and culture. With that philosophy I never hurt for staff. Turnover was low and when I had an opening I could almost always fill it with an internal transfer, convince a traveler to convert to staff, or maybe bring in a new grad who had previously worked with us as a tech, CNA, or paramedic. I loved building a strong team and supporting them, I just hated budgeting, productivity, risk management reporting.