NURSE LEADERS SURVEY
Quality of Contingent Nurses When asked to rate the quality of contingent nurses they employ, 82% of hospital nurse leaders indicated the quality of contingent nurses is average, good or excellent. Seventeen percent rated contingent nurse quality as fair, while only 1% rated contingent nurse quality as poor. An equal number of nurse leaders (41%) rated the quality of contingent nurses as good or excellent as rated their quality average. The survey suggests that the quality of contingent nurses meets at least a standard of average, and for more than 40% of hospital nurse leaders the quality of contingent nurses exceeds this standard. Addressing Hiring and Scheduling Challenges The survey indicates that nurse leaders are using a number of methods to address their top three most serious challenges, all of which concern nurse workforce issues such as nurse recruitment/retention, staff burnout, and labor shortages. Fifty-eight percent of nurse leaders said they are using internal nurse float pools to enhance their nurse hiring and scheduling processes. As referenced above, internal nurse float pools allow hospitals to act as their own nurse travel agencies, creating staffing flexibility. The option to work as an internal float pool nurse can enhance the career satisfaction of staff nurses and aid in retaining them, while also reducing the expense of using travel nurses.
Nurse leaders are using a variety of methods to improve the nurse hiring and scheduling process – the most frequently used are float pools, virtual interviews, online onboarding and scheduling apps.
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