Healthcare Finance News September 2, 2021
The ANA cited the Delta variant of COVID-19 as a complicating factor that has exacerbated workforce shortage challenges.
The American Nurses Association sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services this week asking the agency to declare the ongoing nursing shortage a national crisis, citing overwhelmed health systems and burnt out staff.
Specifically, the ANA cited the Delta variant of COVID-19 as a complicating factor that has exacerbated underlying chronic nursing workforce shortage challenges.
While the initial focus at the start of the pandemic was on equipment shortages and a dearth of ventilators and personal protective equipment, the ANA said the focus must now shift to the human resource shortage, which the group cited as “more dire”...
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