NURSING IN TRANSITION
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All nurses responding to the survey were asked what actions would most help improve nurse working conditions.
How effective do you think the following actions will be in improving the working environment for nurses?
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Slightly Not at All
Extremely
Moderately Somewhat
Reduce number of patients per nurse
63%
19% 10% 3% 5%
Implement flexible scheduling
55%
26%
12% 3% 3%
Reduce documentation burden
52%
26% 14% 5% 4%
Implement hybrid roles for clinical nurses
31%
31%
23%
7%
9%
Integrate AI into nursing operations
17%
23%
27%
13%
20%
The majority of nurses (82%) said that reducing the nurse-to-patient ratio would be extremely or moderately effective in improving the working environment for nurses. When healthcare facilities are understaffed, many nurses feel overworked and unable to provide a high standard of care, a key factor contributing to nurse burnout.
Staffing is a huge issue. Nurses are getting burned out and becoming ill.”
More than half of nurses (55%) also felt strongly that flexible scheduling would be extremely effective in improving nurse working conditions. An additional 52% rated reducing the documentation burden on nurses as being an extremely effective action that would improve the work environment. About one third of nurses (31%) said that implementing hybrid roles would be an extremely effective step in enhancing nurse working conditions.
AMNHealthcare.com
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