Hospitals and healthcare centers in Corpus Christi are feeling the pressure of nurse staffing shortages as the healthcare and education industries both look to long-term solutions in growing program sizes to admit more applicants, and recruitment and retention techniques to motivate nurses to stay at their jobs.
As necessary as long-term solutions are to effect real change for the better, they don't address the present challenge of nurse administrators: scheduling. They create the staffing schedule desperately, trying to find a balance for adequate nurse-to-patient staff ratios amidst staff vacancies, nurse burnout, and staff call-offs.
Nursa's PRN staffing is the best solution for your hospital or healthcare facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. Keep reading to learn why.
Staffing Solutions for Hospitals in Corpus Christi, TX
Turnover among Texas nurses is alarmingly high. Research conducted by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies has studied the Texas nursing workforce in-depth and found the following data for 2022:
- Turnover rate in the home health and hospice setting: RN 26.7 percent and LVN 30 percent
- Vacancy rate in the home health and hospice setting: RN 16.3 percent, LVN 19.9 percent, and CNA 12.6 percent
- Vacancy rate direct care in long-term care facilities: RNs 27.3 percent, LVNs 19.5 percent, and CNAs 21.2 percent
- Vacancy rate in the hospital setting: RNs 17.6 percent, LVNs 23.1 percent, and CNAs 17 percent
- LVN vacancy rate in hospitals: Highest in the Gulf Coast region at 41.8%
The High Cost of Nurse Staffing Shortages
Managing workloads and patient intake with vacancies is cause for alarm not only for patients but for hospital and facility staff as well. Not only can patient safety be compromised, but the safety of the nursing staff, too.
Nursing staff feeling overworked, anxious about being able to do their jobs effectively, and resentful of their schedules contribute to low staff morale—which doesn't do recruitment any favors. This can lead to nurse burnout, effectively perpetuating the cycle of turnover and vacancy rates.
Nursing turnover has emotional repercussions on staff and a financial toll as well. Nursa research found that a majority of healthcare leaders report nurse staffing causes significant financial pressure.
So how can Corpus Christi hospitals save money, retain their hardworking staff, and maintain quality patient care? Contract per diem (PRN) nursing clinicians to fill the gaps and disrupt the cycle.
Nursa Disrupts the Vacancy, Turnover, Burnout Cycle
Disrupt the overwhelming cycle of vacancies, turnover, and burnout by implementing the affordable and efficient staffing solution of contracting per diem nurses and CNAs.
By utilizing Nursa, the healthcare staffing platform to source PRN RNs, LVNs, and CNAs to fill your shift gaps and vacancies, you lighten the stress on your in-house staff. This will, in turn, accommodate your other retention efforts.
Furthermore, you'll ensure that your facility has safe nurse-to-patient ratios which not only promote patient health and safety but also the health and well-being of your staff.
Establish a reputation for being a hospital or facility that maintains safe ratios and doesn't rely on overworked staff to fill in shifts for vacancies and call-offs. This will aid your recruitment efforts.
Affordable and Quick Staffing Solutions with Nursa
Nursa is not a subscription service nor does it mandate any quotas on how often or how many times you use it to source PRN staff.
Nursa is a tool being used by hospital and facility managers to fill gaps in schedules and find nurses last minute.
Finding nurses on-call is easier than ever before. Register your facility by following simple prompts for facility information and post RN, LVN, and CNA shifts within 15 minutes.
It's free to post shifts, and you only pay for the hours worked: there are no hidden fees. Sign up today and begin contracting local nursing clinicians to pick up shifts and fill the gaps.
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.
Who Are PRN Nurses and CNAs?
Despite the distressing truth that there is a nursing shortage, it is also true that there are licensed RNs, LVNs, and CNAs in the Corpus Christi community who want to work on demand.
Nursa's talent pool of PRN clinicians is made up of vetted and licensed professionals. Often, these people are not actively seeking staff employment and are therefore immune to your traditional recruitment efforts. Here are some examples of who PRN clinicians in your community may be.
- LVNs who are completing an LVN to RN bridge program and picking up PRN shifts around their class and clinical schedules
- RNs who have retired but want to continue to be an active part of the nursing workforce, albeit with less responsibility and more flexibility
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