Becker's Healthcare June 7, 2024
Mariah Taylor

Hospitals have been on a quest to give nurses more flexibility at work in order to retain employees and improve satisfaction and well-being.

The pandemic highlighted the need for more flexible options as many experienced nurses burned out and left, and the next generation came in with greater demands for work-life balance.

Systems have met the demand in a number of ways, including implementing virtual nursing options to offering internal traveler and gig programs.

“I think the possibilities are endless, especially with AI coming on board and the idea of virtual nursing,” Robin Baldauf, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer of the Bon Secours Hampton Roads (Va.) market, told Becker’s.

But how much flexibility is too much?

Becker’s found...

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