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New Initiative Streamlines Electronic Documentation to Reduce Burden on Nursing Staff

Consult QD

The project brought together a task force of experts in bedside nursing, quality, practice, accreditation and nursing informatics. Identifying roadblocks The team began by assessing how much time inpatient nurses were spending in the EHR: approximately 144 minutes during a 12-hour shift.

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The Nursing Shortage: Looking Ahead to 2023

Nurse.com

For every bedside nurse who is lost, hospitals incur $46,100 in cost. To combat the nursing shortage, it’s staffing, staffing, staffing. The average number of years of experience was 22.5 down from 26 years in 2020). With vacancy rates are at all-time highs. hospitals have strong incentive to decrease turnover.