Important Paper Quick Reaction ⚡ `Addressing the Nursing Workforce Crisis Through Nurse-Physician Collaboration`
We are in a nursing shortage crisis. The stress of COVID on our care delivery systems squeezed a chronically understaffed #RN workforce. This viewpoint provides a sober assessment of the state of #RNs in U.S. hospitals:
📈 30-50% of nurses have signaled an intention to leave the profession in a recent survey due to poor working conditions and burnout.
📉 Chronic understaffing has produced power imbalances, unsafe nurse:patient ratios, and overloading of incumbent staff.
🚫 Failures to adapt flexible nurse care models to keep experienced #RNs in the game.
What can we do about this? The authors provide a prescription:
☑ Interprofessional collaboration between #RNs an #physicians -- strength in numbers.
☑ Develop innovative care delivery models to enact evidence-based standards on care delivery (e.g., hybrid virtual care with team-based bedside approaches, clinician-led process design -- not 👔 ).
From a tech perspective, let's reduce the monotony of paperwork and the myriad of other administrative duties that don't add value to patient care and contribute to burnout. We must take a proactive posture, predict patient acuity better, and allocate RN and MD/PA coverage accordingly to prevent the moral injuries of bad patient outcomes due to inadequate resources.
By combining technological and systemic approaches to mitigate understaffing, healthcare systems can create a more supportive and sustainable work environment.
#HealthcareDelivery #Nursing #WorkforceBurnout #RNs #
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