It's Time! The Path for Nursing Reimbursement Reform.
Creat Nurs
; 30(1): 37-40, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and nurse leaders are increasingly vocal about chronic understaffing and the impact the staffing crisis continues to have on nurses' well-being and patient outcomes. The American Nurses Association's Nurse Staffing Task Force addressed the importance of staffing standards as a critically needed step toward improving patient and population health outcomes. Against the backdrop of ongoing nursing shortages, hospital leaders have been hesitant to embrace staffing ratios, expressing concerns about their ability to hire and retain sufficient nursing staff, as operational revenue margins remain thin and nursing labor is costly. This article explicates structural issues within the current nursing reimbursement model that harms hospitals' business case for investments in nurse staffing and work environments. We argue that nurses must advocate for nursing reimbursement reform to increase the nursing workforce and improve nurse staffing and work environments. Such reform is necessary to support sustained hospital investments, financial philosophies, and approaches to meaningfully address and improve nurse staffing.
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Asunto principal:
Personal de Enfermería
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Personal de Enfermería en Hospital
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Creat Nurs
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos