COVID-19 has made working as a nurse more difficult and made pre-existing issues in the industry worse like staffing shortages, burnout and stress. That is according to a survey of more than 400 nurses by Incredible Health, conducted in April 2020. Incredible Health also closely analyzed its proprietary data to determine larger hiring trends in […]
Four Ways Hospitals Can Support Nurses During COVID-19
COVID-19 has created a time of unpredictability and uncertainty in the healthcare industry. The number of confirmed cases is growing every day and hospitals nationwide are getting overwhelmed, pushing our systems toward capacity. New York state, the state with the highest confirmed cases in the world, is rapidly running out of ICU beds. Meanwhile, nurses […]
We’re Announcing Free Nursing CEUs available in 2020 for Every Nurse in America
Nurses are our unsung heroes. In the midst of COVID-19, we’re extra thankful for our nurses and doctors who are working overtime to keep our communities safe and healthy. But even in times of normalcy, nurses are often overworked and under-appreciated. They deserve better, and we’re laser-focused on providing exactly that. That’s why today, we’re […]
Nursing shortage puts patient health – and the hospital’s bottom line – at risk
Removing hurdles to a more effective recruitment and hiring process. There is a crisis in the U.S. healthcare system, one that puts patient lives at risk and threatens financial viability for hospitals across the country. It doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The problem is a shortage of registered nurses (RNs) and nurse […]
A Healthy Community Depends on Great Nurses
America faces a health care crisis as it quickly heads toward a 1 million nurse shortage. As of 2018, healthcare became the biggest labor workforce in the country, but it also suffers from the largest shortages. Our demand for healthcare is increasing, but our supply of healthcare workers is not keeping up.This carries serious consequences. […]
4 ways to simplify recruiting to deliver faster results at lower cost: Understanding what nurses want is the first step
California now leads the country in the nursing shortage with an estimated 45,000 deficit within the next five years.(1) The impact of the shortage on care quality cannot be underestimated. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, there is a direct correlation between mortality and below-target staffing and high-turnover shifts. Increasing the number of RNs […]
Flipping the script on nurse recruiting
Getting Ahead of the Nursing Shortage Through Innovation and Technology There are approximately three million nurses in the U.S., 700,000 of which are projected to retire or leave the workforce within the next six years. Filling these vacancies will require more than one million new registered nurses.(1) Even today, nearly 200,000 nursing positions sit unfilled […]
