Becker's Healthcare August 11, 2023
Proper investment in nursing is what is needed and not empty executive platitudes, says Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, TedTalk speaker and chief clinical officer for nursing agency IntelyCare.
Speaking exclusively to Becker’s, Ms. Love said the persistent narrative of a labor shortage in healthcare misses the point, with an all-time high of about 5 million qualified nurses in the country.
The real problem is that many health systems and their executives fail to invest properly in retaining such qualified staff by making their work environments attractive places to be. Instead, all that is typically offered are empty words.
“I think nurses are well aware of the emptiness of platitudes by hospital executives when discussing the nursing crisis,” she said. “Statements...
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