{"id":12939,"date":"2024-02-08T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertise.nurse.com\/?p=12939"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:48:06","slug":"can-changing-nursing-staffing-models-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nurse.com\/solutions\/blog\/can-changing-nursing-staffing-models-make-a-difference","title":{"rendered":"Can Changing Nursing Staffing Models Make a Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understanding the reasons why nurses are leaving direct care<\/a> is crucial in nurse recruitment, as it affects retention rates, future recruitment strategies, and job satisfaction. One significant factor contributing to nurse attrition may be dissatisfaction with outdated staffing models.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How can you provide safe, efficient patient care and<\/em> meet the evolving needs of nurses? Innovative nurse staffing is the answer. Making a commitment to find and implement new staffing models is a great way to show current and future staff that you support their well-being<\/a> and hard work.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganizations are being very creative with all sorts of out-of-the-box solutions,\u201d said\u00a0Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, former Managing Director and Chief Nursing Officer for Research at The Advisory Board Company.<\/p>\n

Inspiring change<\/h2>\n

Data demonstrates an urgent need to revamp existing staffing models. According to McKinsey, about one-third<\/a> of nurses plan to leave their current positions. And in an American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) report of over 9,000 nurses surveyed<\/a>, 24% of nurses said they have appropriate staffing more than 75% of the time. The majority of nurse leaders (92%) expect the nurse labor shortage to get worse, according to another report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that for the next decade \u2014 literally decade <\/em>\u2014 it\u2019s going to be challenging to have enough nurses for the increasing number of people that are going to need care,\u201d said Claire Zangerle, Chief Nurse Executive at Allegheny Health Network (AHN).<\/p>\n

Nurse leaders can consider the nursing shortage as an opportunity to abandon outdated staffing models and think differently when it comes to staffing. \u201cThe current environment in health care is providing a unique impetus to explore innovative approaches<\/a>,\u201d said Cynde Gamache, DBA, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Southeast Georgia Health System.<\/p>\n

Nursing staffing approaches<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s important to consider what<\/em> is causing nurses to leave. Do they want a different role or care setting? Do they require a care a more flexible schedule? Or do they just want a break from direct care? \u201cIf we did just one thing, we would not be successful,\u201d said Zangerle.<\/p>\n

Nurses are taking on new roles like these at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago:<\/p>\n