DOTmed February 24, 2025
On a busy Friday morning, an ICU nurse manager receives the dreaded call: two of her nurses have called out sick, and another has been reassigned to an understaffed floor. She scans the roster, but there’s no one left to fill the gap without stretching her already overworked team even thinner.
It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar to nurse leaders, HR leaders, and central staffing teams across the country as healthcare providers continue to struggle to meet patient demand. Historically, the choices were to increase the utilization of your current team with overtime or request a travel nurse on a 13-week contract. Both affect your culture and increase nurse turnover.
However, there is a new approach gaining momentum with...
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