NURSE LEADERS SURVEY
Insufficient Resources Nurse leaders were asked if they have the financial and technical resources to address their facilities’ current nurse workforce needs. Only about one third (34%) said they have “a great deal” or “a lot” of the financial resources they need to address their facilities’ nurse workforce needs, while close to an equal number (33%) said they have the technical resources to meet their facilities nurse workforce needs.
Few hospital nurse leaders indicate they have the means to address their hospitals’ nurse workforce needs.
As was referenced above, many hospitals are operating in the red or have small profit margins and may not have the financial resources to address a variety of needs they face, including nurse workforce needs. Inflation, particularly labor inflation, has limited their options and consequently many hospitals are seeking more efficient methods to maintain, expand and manage their nurse staffs. Some of these methods require technical resources, such as predictive nurse staffing analytics, which, as referenced above, can achieve efficiencies and cost savings by allowing hospitals to staff to their varying needs. Without these resources, hospitals may be challenged when it comes to implementing potentially cost-effective nurse staffing management tools. When asked to rate the barriers their hospitals face to implementing nurse staffing predictive analytics technology, 58% of nurse leaders cited cost as an extremely important or moderately important barrier, while 50% cited lack of information technology (IT) expertise as an extremely important or moderately important barrier. The survey suggests that many hospital nurse leaders face the conundrum of creating greater nurse staffing efficiencies and cost savings without the financial or technical resources to do so.
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