Global Nursing Needs Underestimated for Decades Due to Budget Flaw

Global Nursing Needs Underestimated for Decades Due to Budget Flaw

In my previous blog post titled “Flawed Nursing Budget Process Increases Understaffing Risk,” I shed light on the issue of a flawed non-productive FTE budget calculation and its impact on staffing capacity in nursing. However, my research and recent discoveries...
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: An Incomplete Solution to Nurse Understaffing

Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: An Incomplete Solution to Nurse Understaffing

Implementing nurse-to-patient ratios has recently gained renewed interest due to concerns about nurse understaffing, burnout, patient safety, and quality of care. Research has shown that patient outcomes can suffer when too many patients are assigned to a single...
RNegade.pro Podcast: Dude, It’s Simple Math

RNegade.pro Podcast: Dude, It’s Simple Math

How would you like to earn a CE by listening to a podcast about the nursing shortage, understaffing, burnout, and some solutions and strategies for fixing these problems? As a bonus, you will learn some interesting details about the nursing shortage, how nursing...
Maryland Healthcare Staffing Crisis: 25% RN Vacancy Rate

Maryland Healthcare Staffing Crisis: 25% RN Vacancy Rate

In the Fall of 2021, the Maryland Hospital Association launched the Task Force On Maryland’s Future Health Workforce to address the growing healthcare workforce crisis in the state. The Task Force reported a 25% RN vacancy rate, an expected shortfall of 13,800...
Nurse Understaffing and the Fallacy of Nursing Budgets

Nurse Understaffing and the Fallacy of Nursing Budgets

Recent reports and studies have continued to raise the alarm about the escalating nurse understaffing crisis, its impact on the mental health and well-being of nurses, and the adverse effects understaffing is having on patient care and patient outcomes.[1]Trusted...