According to a recent survey conducted by the American College of Healthcare Executives, workforce challenges – specifically the shortage of registered nurses – ranked as hospital CEOs’ No. 1 concern for the second year in a row, edging out financial challenges to top this daunting list. Reducing workforce costs while maintaining the staff necessary…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the healthcare sector to add about 2.6 million new jobs through 2030, and there are expected to be about 203,200 openings for registered nurses each year. While the demand for RNs is evident, the turnover seen in U.S. health systems is astounding. According to the “2022 NSI National…
A strong core nursing staff, confident and competent in their skill set, is crucial for hospitals as the population ages and seasoned nurses retire. But with new nurses leaving the profession at an alarming rate, hospitals are struggling to keep enough nurses at the bedside. A long nursing career starts with a successful beginning, and…
Many hospitals are struggling through today’s post-pandemic circumstances, which include staff burnout, constant pressure to keep operating costs down, and a nationwide shortage of healthcare professionals. Additionally, at least 17.5% of newly minted registered nurses quit within a year of starting their first jobs, though that number has likely grown during the pandemic. With this…
SimpliFi MSP seeks to disrupt the healthcare staffing industry, which includes an estimated 1.7 million travel nurses in the U.S., with unique solutions for hospitals to more effectively manage workforce spending and reduce their reliance on contingent labor. Today, U.S. hospitals have challenges keeping patient floors and specialty care units open without travel nurses. But,…
A new study states the median nursing tenure recently fell by nearly 20% in the U.S, and by 2025, the U.S. could have a 10 to 20% gap between the number of patients needing care and the number of nurses available to provide it. Some hospitals are working to curb that estimate through SimpliFi’s innovative…
RED2022 brought together nursing, finance, and HR executives from leading healthcare systems, representatives of state-level clinical workforce organizations, and leading voices in nursing education to discuss the future of the clinical workforce. Action-packed sessions identified key issues and challenges impacting clinicians, and all participants shared ideas and best practices for addressing them. Following are the…
A revamp of the traditional nurse onboarding approach could help curb the nursing shortage, but the challenges each health system faces in onboarding are unique. SimpliFi meets those challenges with a customizable solution – the Confidence Accelerating Practice (CAP) program. The CAP program helps health systems build their future nursing workforce while better retaining experienced…
Pre-pandemic onboarding methods made training new nurses a pain point in health systems. Much of this was due to the workload put on nurse preceptors, who were tasked with onboarding new grads while carrying a full patient load. This led to burnout for the nurse preceptor and a poor onboarding experience for new grads. SimpliFi’s…
The healthcare industry is in a staffing crisis. The American College of Healthcare Executives states staffing shortages was the No. 1 issue, overtaking financial challenges, on hospital CEOs’ lists in 2021. The CEOs surveyed said they were short-staffed in their number of registered nurses, technicians, and therapists. When it came to financial challenges, hospital executives…