Our health system work setting is responding to the issue by recruiting more nurses to replace those that quit and the management is making sure that the recruited nurses are all vaccinated. This helps in spreading the virus as well as proving safe healthcare services to patients. Additionally, new staffing models have been developed to allow flexible shifts and appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios, which has greatly improved the quality of healthcare services, patient experience, patient satisfaction, as well as patient outcomes (Marć et al., 2019). As advised by Broome & Marshall (2021), our healthcare system has allowed healthcare providers and nurses to be involved in developing solutions for issues that arise in the facility and this has played a significant role in developing strategies that improve patient care while reducing nurse burnout and turnover.
It is important to understand that nurse shortage leads to nurses doing extra work without rest thus resulting in nurse burnout and most instances, healthcare facilities witness nurse turnover due to burnouts (Drennan & Ross, 2019). Therefore, changes that are being implemented in our healthcare setting include new staffing models that allow flexible shifts and appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios and the employment of nurses that meet the qualifications or standards set by the organization. These changes will greatly help in reducing the nurse shortage issue as well as improving the quality of services provided to patients by providing coordinated and patient-centered care which is the ultimate goal of care facilities.
Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.).
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