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In Becker’s Hospital Review, chief nursing officers (CNOs) this month how they are coping with the unprecedented workforce shortage resulting from the pandemic. ��������member Kit Bredimus, DNP, RN, CNO at Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital, reports the hospital has a 30% vacancy rate, “double what we would normally experience at this time." UCSF Health in California could use another 200 nurses, according to CNO Pat Patton, DNP, RN, also an ��������member. "One of the changes we've had to make is to hire just a lot more travelers just to keep up and have staffing, and stay within state-mandated ratios," he told Becker's, but this solution is unsustainable." Adding to the nursing staffing shortage is the fact that many nurses re-examined their priorities and transferred from inpatient to ambulatory settings,” said ��������member Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, chief nurse executive and senior vice president of cardiac services at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System. (Becker’s Hospital Review , 8/18/21)