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Hospitals have long struggled to build and manage internal nurse float pools effectively, often depending on manual processes and outdated tools like Excel. These practices hinder effective scheduling coordination, credential tracking, and real-time responses to staffing changes, resulting in costly, inefficient, and hard-to-scale float pool management. Sound familiar?
Nursing faces an imminent crisis, with over 610,000 RNs projected to exit the profession by 2027 due to stress, burnout, and retirement. This exodus poses a significant threat to patient care nationwide, demanding urgent attention from hospital and health system leaders.
Are your nurse schedulers feeling the strain of managing multiple staffing agencies? Are they overwhelmed by the complexities of coordinating healthcare staffing while striving to stay efficient and within budget? If your answers are yes and yes, your organization should consider using a healthcare managed service provider or MSP.
Introducing a flexible nurse staffing and scheduling system into your healthcare organization is no longer an option. It's imperative for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and optimal patient care. And believe it or not, creating work flexibility for your nursing staff doesn't have to be costly or complicated.
Staffing nurses in a long-term acute care hospital is like conducting a symphony, with the chief nursing officer orchestrating the delicate balance between providing seamless care, retaining skilled staff, and adhering to budgetary constraints. So, what happens when there are not enough nurses to fill shifts?
Healthcare staffing is quite the conundrum these days. The nursing shortage has created a domino effect that erodes nurse well-being, compromises patient outcomes, and undermines hospital bottom lines. As a result, many health systems are cutting ties with conventionality and unlocking a new paradigm of efficiency, resilience, and excellence by embracing flexible staffing models.
In today's healthcare landscape, effective nurse scheduling is critical to maintain staff morale and ensure optimal patient care, especially with the added challenges posed by the staffing shortage and growing demand for job flexibility—not to mention many other factors that make proper staffing an intricate task.
