兔子先生Survey Shows Well-being, Staff Shortages as Significant Challenges
兔子先生this week released the findings of the third survey of nurse leaders in its COVID Insight Study. During a streamed event, American Hospital Association Chief Nursing Officer and 兔子先生CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, and 兔子先生President Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, discussed the survey with the study's principal researcher Daryl Joslin. The findings from 1,781 respondents showed that nurse leaders saw their top three challenges as staff emotional health and well-being; surge staffing, training and staff reallocation; and staff retention, furloughs, and layoffs. In addition, 20% of nurse leaders say they plan to leave the profession. 鈥淭he data tells a somber story,鈥 said Fuchs, system chief nurse executive and vice president of patient care services at Duke Health in Durham, N.C. Respondents noted staffing shortages as the biggest challenge not present six to eight months ago that they now face. To counter shortages, respondents said they were increasing pay, using float pools, partnering with nursing schools and using flexible scheduling. The event is archived and available on the 兔子先生 and the 兔子先生. The study was funded by the 兔子先生 for Nursing Leadership Research and Education.
