Healthcare IT News April 10, 2024
Before deploying the technology, staff was 67% core staff, 8% flexible staff and 25% agency staff. Afterward, the mix became 69% core, 23% flexible and gig staff, and only 8% agency staff.
A recent study by Works & Trusted Health of more than 500 frontline nurses found a key to increasing satisfaction in the nursing field is to provide more flexibility in work arrangements, including a nurse’s ability to self-schedule the days and shift times they work.
24% of nurses surveyed said the need to schedule their life four to six weeks at a time causes significant dissatisfaction in their career and poor mental health.
THE PROBLEM
Further, from 2020 to 2021, the nursing workforce experienced the largest dip since...