Nursing Shortage

How Did We Get Here?

100

Where there’s smoke there’s fire… this is one of the biggest reasons nurses are leaving the bedside.

Burnout

200

Nurses are struggling to care for a large number of patients… these are unsafe leading to increased burnout.

Ratios

300

Money makes the world go round… this  means nurses aren’t being appropriately compensated for their hard work

Insufficient Pay

400

Many workplaces are lacking in this kind of support for their nurses who are feeling compassion fatigue, stressed, and overwhelmed

Mental Health

Uh Oh!

100

Snoop once said “drop it like it’s hot”…. In overworked and understaffed units patients are 15% more likely to do this

Fall

200

Hand hygiene is super important because in a unit that is understaffed, the risk of acquiring these are much higher

Infections

300

Better double and triple check your rights of administration… due to the nursing shortage, understaffed units are more likely to have these 

Medication Errors

400

This is negatively effected by the nursing shortage… or as some patients would say “0/10 do not recommend”

Patient Satisfaction 

Let’s Fix This

100

Offering this incentive will attract new hire nurses to work at your facility  (hint: $$$)

Sign On Bonuses

200

Family Vacation! By offering nurses more of this… they will restore their work-life balance hopefully lessening burnout rates 

PTO

300

By having this person on staff, nurses can talk about their feelings/concerns in a safe place… leading to boosted morale and confidence amongst coworkers and individuals staff members.

Licensed therapist/psychologist 

400

By performing one of these, you can get an employee opinions/feedback, which that data can be used to make positive changes to work environments

Employee Survey