Becker's Healthcare July 20, 2023
When it comes to the nursing shortage, much of the national rhetoric is focused on nurses who have left the bedside, or projections on how many more are planning an exit. But there is a need for more emphasis to be placed on the now: How can nursing delivery models change to best support and retain today’s nurses while also attracting more individuals to the profession?
No doubt there is a critical need to invest in recruitment and building a pipeline, but “these are far strategies that cannot sustain the transformation needed now,” Betty Jo Rocchio, DNP, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy, told Becker’s. “Reimagining the nursing care delivery model is going to...