Becker's Healthcare May 30, 2023
Kelly Gooch

Tech enablement, or automation, and improved delegation of tasks have the potential to free up to 15 percent of nurses’ time.

The finding comes from a May 26 report from McKinsey and Co. and the American Nurses Association Enterprise.

The report focuses on new survey data based on responses from more than 300 nurses. For the survey, nurses were asked how they spend their time during shifts and how they would ideally distribute their time if given the chance.

Nurses report spending 54 percent of their shift, or about seven hours of a 12-hour shift, providing direct patient care and creating personal connections with patients. The survey shows nurses would like to spend more time on these activities. However,...

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