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Nursing home · Lawrence, KS

Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community

4851 Harvard Road, Lawrence, KS 66049

RN turnover here is 42.9%, above the Kansas average of 42.7%.

RN turnover
42.9%
Kansas average 42.7%
RN time per resident
46 min/day
Kansas average 44 min
Nursing team turnover
54.7%
Kansas average 48.8%
CMS staffing rating
4 of 5
Certified beds 76
The numbers, in plain English

Working at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community

Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community is a 76-bed nursing home in Lawrence, Kansas. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 42.9% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 239 Kansas nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 42.7%, so RN turnover here is higher than at 54% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells a different story. Residents here receive about 46 minutes of RN time per day, against 44 minutes across Kansas. That is more RN coverage than 61% of Kansas nursing homes. CMS gives Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community a staffing rating of 4 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 54.7% here compared with 48.8% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

  • Higher RN turnover means you may be training alongside newer colleagues. Ask what the facility is doing to keep its nurses.
  • RN hours per resident run above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

Questions to ask in your interview

  • How many residents does each RN cover on the shift I would work?
  • How is weekend RN coverage handled?
  • How many RNs left in the last year, and what has changed since?
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Sources. CMS Care Compare nursing home provider data, released October 2026. Turnover is the share of staff who stopped working at the facility over a 12-month period. CMS Five-Star overall rating from CMS Care Compare.