lagged during the pandemic , now is the time to address the issue , because it can reduce risk long-term and increase your brand reputation as an employer of choice in a highly competitive market .
• Flexible scheduling
Flexibility and self-sufficiency are a key focus to ensure job satisfaction . A number of surveys have indicated that nurses want more flexibility in their scheduling , which comes as little surprise , but this goes beyond the benefits of work-life balance . Flexible scheduling and shift swaps also give employers enormous flexibility in filling open shifts to a much broader pool of employees .
Additionally , if you have sufficient capacity to cover each shift , high patient-nurse ratios are far less likely . These ratios can significantly increase risk – one study in the Annals of Intensive Care found there was a 95 % probability that survival to hospital discharge was more likely to occur when the maximum workload-to-nurse ratio was less than 40 .
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