Most clinical hiring plans track time to fill. Very few track the number that actually matters, which is time from accepted offer to first billable visit. Those two can be four months apart.
Ensuring your healthcare facility is staffed with highly professional, quality-driven individuals can be daunting. Working with locum tenens providers has proven to be a beneficial solution for many hospitals and health systems; however, recent trends suggest that healthcare executives would like to reduce their reliance on these premium providers.
Reducing Reliance on Travel Nurses through Community-Focused Recruitment and Marketing. The current state of the healthcare labor market puts hospitals and health systems in a precarious situation. On the one hand, health systems and hospitals want to reduce their reliance on travel nursing labor in favor of permanent hires.
The nursing shortage has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic further increasing the need for a healthcare staffing partner to serve as a resource to fill vacancies as soon as possible. To ensure that facilities do not fall further behind in nurse staffing and have access to top talent when it is most needed, it is important to recognize that not all healthcare partners are the same and there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
Worrying that your hospital's nurse staffing is a cause for concern is a natural reaction. Indeed, the issue of low nurse retention rates has been at the forefront of much discussion within healthcare organizations. Nurse turnover can be a significant challenge, and one way to address it is by offering flexibility to nurses.
National Nurses Week is an annual celebration that takes place from May 6th to May 12th, culminating on the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This week is dedicated to recognizing and appreciating the contributions of nurses in the healthcare industry. Nurses play a vital role in the healthcare system, providing compassionate and skilled care to patients in various settings.
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