Medscape September 4, 2024
Jodi Helmer

In a fiercely competitive healthcare landscape, hospitals are pulling out all the stops to lure top nursing talent through their doors. From offering eye-popping sign-on bonuses to implementing flexible work schedules, today’s hospitals are transforming the nurse hiring process into a high-stakes game where only the most innovative strategies win.

As the nursing shortage intensifies, the creative recruitment approach isn’t just about the perks — it’s becoming an essential tool in the race to build a skilled nursing workforce.

Nursing vacancies are as high as 17% — more than double pre-pandemic levels — and hospitals scrambling to fill them need to do more than raise salaries and bolster benefits packages to entice nurses.

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