Staffing challenges for hospitals and healthcare facilities in Tallahassee are day-to-day problems for which administrators need immediate solutions. Addressing the nurse staffing shortage requires not only long-term macro strategies, such as nursing program sizes and affordability and a facility’s work culture but also requires flexible solutions in the present day.
Nursa's PRN staffing is the best solution for your Tallahassee, FL, hospital or healthcare facility. Keep reading to learn why.
PRN Nurses and CNAs for Hospitals in Tallahassee
Knowing that the nearest nursing program will have larger graduating classes of nurses in the coming years is helpful in future planning and recruitment hopes but doesn't address the immediate problems of nurse burn out, call-offs and staff turnover that are the current reality for far too many hospitals in Florida. Here's where PRN registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) enter the picture and quite literally save the day.
Benefits of Sourcing PRN RNs, LPNs, and CNAs
Nursa research shows that most health executives and CFOs identify nursing costs as a “significant pressure on their bottom line.” Using per diem (PRN) nurses and nursing assistants is not only a quick solution, but it is an affordable one as well. Let’s look at the benefits.
- PRN staff are a quick solution. Long-term macro strategies can't help now with staff vacancies, large patient influxes, staff call-offs, or staff nurse retention, but PRN RNs, LPNs, and CNAs can. By using Nursa, your facility can source qualified nursing clinicians to fill those shift gaps now.
- PRN staff are a short-term solution. On average, hospitals require 86 days to hire a staff nurse, but you need staff now. Sourcing PRN clinicians to meet your staffing needs now won't interfere with your long-term recruitment plans. You use PRN nurses and nursing assistants only for shifts that need to be filled, which means you aren't committing to a long-term work agreement with them.
- PRN staff can be a long-term solution. Nursa doesn’t charge hire-away fees, which means if your facility matches well with a PRN nurse or nursing assistant, you can hire them for an in-house position without complaint from Nursa. Use Nursa for your nurse recruitment to “try out” clinicians and make better matches for long-term staffing needs.
- PRN staff are an affordable solution. Normally, hiring for a staff position is a significant financial investment, which is also why retention is so important. However, PRN staff will save your hospital money because you only pay the hourly rate for the shifts worked. There are no overhead or start-up fees, and Nursa's PRN talent pool consists of verified clinicians who have passed background checks. You don't pay PRN staff a benefits package for retirement, insurance, vacation, or sick leave.
- PRN staff aid your nurse retention rates. By hiring PRN staff to bring your staffing ratios up, you lighten the burden on your present staff clinicians. The current nurse turnover rates are 20 percent for RNs, 34 percent for LPNs, and 36 percent for CNAs. Nurses often leave jobs where they feel burnt out and overworked, and when they see that your facility is committed to safe staffing ratios where they feel like they can provide skilled, quality care to their patients, they are more likely to stay.
Benefits of Using Nursa to Source Local Clinicians
No more call lists for your scheduler to comb through, and no more stress or concern about pulling in an already tired staff nurse to cover a shift. Nursa makes sourcing PRN nurses and nursing assistants easier than ever before, by leveraging technology to make the process faster.
Nursa allows Tallahassee facilities the flexibility to meet the ebb and flow of patient intake, staff call-offs, and staff vacancies. Use Nursa only when you need it. Make it part of your staffing tool plan with confidence to create nurse-to-patient staff ratios that elevate the safety and security of your patients and increase your in-house staff's happiness.
PRN Clinicians: Who Are They?
Nursa's talent pool includes nurses and nursing assistants that other recruitment strategies simply cannot reach. A report published by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) assessed RN and LPN supply and demand for the Sunshine State and found that there is a considerable number of licensed nurses in Florida who aren't actively working in the industry or are only working part-time.
The nurses and assistants who work PRN shifts are most often clinicians who are otherwise outside the reach of normal recruitment efforts. They are:
- Clinicians who have retired but want to keep their licenses active and work occasionally.
- Clinicians who left the industry for another job but keep active licenses.
- Nursing students who are already CNAs or LPNs and work shifts around their studies.
- Parents or caregivers who cannot commit to a regular in-house staff schedule but work PRN shifts to support their families.
- Clinicians in neighboring cities or communities who are sometimes able to drive to Tallahassee to pick up shifts but can't do it on a routine basis.
- Clinicians who already have another job but like to pick up shifts in different settings to increase their income.
Solve Acute and Post-Acute Staffing Needs
Long-term care facilities and hospitals can post PRN shifts on Nursa.
Long-term care, often referred to as "post-acute" facilities, includes nursing homes, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, and others. Acute care includes hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals, or LTACHs.
Nursa is not a subscription service, and there is no quota on how many shifts your hospital or facility can post. Join Nursa and register your facility. Prompts will guide you through how to post jobs for RNs, LPNs, and CNAs so you can start reaping the benefits.
Sign up with Nursa today and find local nursing clinicians to fill your PRN shifts.
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