The nurse staffing crisis has no simple fix. Research shows that optimized nurse staffing is integral to high-level patient care, better patient/family experiences and nurse well-being. Adequate investment in appropriate nurse staffing is also essential to a health care institution’s performance, reputation and financial viability. However, prevailing approaches to deploying nursing resources are not fully realizing the benefits of appropriate staffing. Read more…
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The Nursing Workforce
Due to a dynamic combination of factors within the nursing workforce including an uptick in retirements, resignations, requests to reduce hours, and competitive labor markets, healthcare organizations across the Northeast are struggling to maintain a nursing workforce that supports safe, effective patient care and an engaging, secure professional environment for staff. Read more.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses: Brief Summary of Results
The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) is the longest-running survey of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. Considered the cornerstone of nursing workforce data, this comprehensive exploration provides a dynamic status of the RN population by revealing their demographics, educational attainment, licenses and certifications, and employment characteristics.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AARP, Foundation Nursing Education and the Decade of Change: Strategies to Meet America’s Health Needs
Nursing Education and the Decade of Change: Strategies to Meet America’s Health Needs reports on the strides made especially in the past 10 years thanks to the Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program and the State Implementation Program (SIP). The Compendium is intended to be a toolkit, too, so other schools of nursing and businesses can build on what APIN and SIP have learned to expand the work.
Organization of Nurse Leaders, Massachusetts/Rhode Island League for Nursing, Supporting New Nurse Transition into Practice during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Opportunities for Academic & Practice Nurse Educator Collaboration
Information in this document can be used to guide discussions between academic and practice partners. Opportunities for collaboration between academic and practice educators to support new nurses transitioning into practice during the COVID19 pandemic are presented.
Northeastern University School of Nursing; Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts,, Nursing Call to Action: Building a Nursing Workforce to Deliver Complex Care at Home
On June 7, 2019, the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts and the Northeastern University School of Nursing at the Bouve College of Health Sciences convened a working session entitled Nursing Call to Action: Building a Nursing Workforce to Deliver Complex Care at Home. The event brought together schools of nursing, home care agencies, and state regulators to focus on four key issues.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston Consulting Group, Massachusetts Healthcare Collaborative Kick-off
To combat HC labor shortages, Governor Charlie Baker established a Healthcare Workforce Collaborative, a multi-year private-public collaboration. The mission of the Collaborative is to close health care workforce shortages in MA to improve patient quality of care, provide new opportunities for a diverse workforce, retain pre-eminence in the industry, and fuel continued growth.
American Nurses Association; American Organization for Nurse Leadership; Healthcare Financial Management Association, The Business of Caring: Promoting Optimal Allocation of Nursing Resources
This document explores the evolution from conventional, quasi-adversarial nursing/finance working relationships to the patients-first interprofessional collaboration that is a reality for nursing and finance leaders at some health care organizations and aspirational for others.
American Nurses Association, ANA’s Principles for Nurse Staffing, 3rd Edition
ANA’s Principles for Nurse Staffing, 3rd Edition will guide nurses and other decision-makers in identifying and developing the processes and policies needed to improve nurse staffing at every practice level and in any practice setting.
AMN Healthcare, Healthcare Survey of Registered Nurses (2019): A Challenging Decade Ahead
The AMN 2019 Survey of Registered Nurses reveals growing pressures on the millions of nurses who provide hands-on care and other services to Americans every day.