Becker's Healthcare April 9, 2024
Some hospitals and health systems are embracing self-scheduling options for nurses and other team members in a bid to attract and retain younger workers. A recent survey suggests the strategy could also bring back nurses who’ve retired or left the field.
About 66% of nurses reported being satisfied with their employers’ flexible schedule options, according to a March 28 poll from the American Nurses Foundation. Nurses of all tenures identified self-scheduling as the most important flexible scheduling option to them. The highest desire for self-scheduling came from new nurses (41%).
When asked what would make retired nurses return to clinical nursing, the ability to make their own schedule was also the No. 1 answer.
Mountain View, Calif.-based El...
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