Chief Healthcare Executive August 24, 2022
Health system leaders need to get creative to retain younger nurses and veteran nurses. Hospital leaders around the country have bemoaned a shortage of nurses.
If hospital executives want to avoid losing more nurses, they need to think about scheduling differently, nursing leaders say.
Some nurses are leaving hospitals because they’re weary of long hours. Beyond the long hours, some are also walking away from hospitals because of rigid schedules, says Beth Ulrich, the lead author of a study on nursing released earlier this month by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Flexible scheduling can help hospitals retain younger nurses, and veteran nurses who may be weary of 12-hour shifts.
Hospital executives need to employ “some creativity” when it comes...
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