Are you a healthcare facility administrator staying up late trying to work out the schedule?
With the demand for California nursing clinicians outpacing the current supply, scheduling can be a frustrating task.
However, there is a solution.
It’s flexible, cost-effective, and resourceful. It utilizes technology and draws in local nursing talent who are actively looking for work.
It’s the on-demand healthcare staffing platform—Nursa.
Using Nursa will change the way you perceive nurse staffing in your facility and the way you overcome its challenges.
Cost-effective staffing with our PRN platform in Fullerton, CA
We know that the costs of nurse staffing are a significant concern for healthcare facility executives.
How do we know?
In late 2023, Nursa commissioned a survey of hospital healthcare executives to learn their opinions on contract nurse staffing. From the following highlights, you can see that finances and nurse staffing are a pain point for healthcare leaders across the country.
- Out of 203 health executives, 98 percent view nurse staffing as “a significant challenge.”
- The use of contracted nursing clinicians more than doubled between 2019 and 2023.
- According to 77 percent of the CFOs and 69 percent of other health executives surveyed, nursing costs are a top driver of margin pressures.
- More than three-quarters of CFOs reported they had increased nurse wages by 20 percent or more within the previous two years.
Nurse staffing has a direct impact on facilities’ financial margins. Travel nurse staffing companies simply aren’t viable long-term. Facilities need economically sustainable nurse staffing solutions.
Overcoming Fullerton’s medical staffing challenges
Systemic efforts—such as last year’s $5 million grant from CalOptima Health to Cal State Fullerton for nursing students and programs and the recent launch of the Los Angeles County Nursing 2035 initiative—are welcome news for all healthcare facilities in the metropolitan area.
These programs are pushing towards making nursing education more affordable, more accessible, and more effective.
However, the fruits of these labors are for the future.
Hospitals and long-term care facilities need staffing solutions now.
Turnover, vacancies, last-minute call offs, and pre-approved paid leave all have one thing in common.
They leave a gap in the schedule that someone has to fill.
Our per diem staffing platform has the flexibility to react and provide solutions for each of the mentioned scenarios. Let’s take a look.
Turnover and vacancies
The average recruitment time for a staff nurse is 72.8 days. In most cases, a resigning staff member will agree to continue working for two weeks to 30 days. This 40-day gap is a problem for scheduling, even if you only have one vacancy. (How many vacancies are you operating with currently?)
The solution is definitely not to overwork your current internal staff, which can foster resentment and burnout.
Fill those scheduling gaps with PRN nurses and nursing assistants from the Nursa platform without getting locked into a long contract.
Unlike nurse staffing companies in Fullerton, CA, our PRN platform doesn’t lock you into a contract. Simply post and fill PRN shifts until your new hire can start.
Last-minute call offs
Do you dread answering the phone at work, wondering who’s going to call off for the next shift?
The thing is that most of your staff members dread it too. Nursing clinicians feel guilty about calling off from work. So much so that often they come in even when they shouldn’t. They feel bad thinking their colleagues are going to have to shoulder the burden.
What happens to nurses who go to work when they should have called off?
Compassion fatigue. Errors. Burnout. Resentment. More call offs.
Nursa has a solution expressly for a last-minute staffing situation.
We’re connected to PRN nurses in Fullerton, California, and the entire Los Angeles metro area. When you have an emergency staffing situation, post the PRN shift. We’ll send out an SOS notification to all the clinicians in the area to find you the quick coverage you need.
Planned or pre-approved paid leave
One of the other insights we learned from the health executives survey is that offering nursing staff more flexibility is a popular idea.
“63% of health system executives believe with a larger pool of nurses, they could offer greater flexibility to staff.”
Flexibility can mean approving time off requests. It can mean considering nurses’ shift schedule preferences. It can mean adjusting the schedule to accommodate a personal commitment staff members have.
By leveraging on-demand staffing to fill shifts, you can offer your nursing staff the flexibility they need.
Offering flexibility has the following benefits:
- Establishes a healthier work culture
- Sets a tone that prioritizes a work-life balance
- Sends the message that clinicians’ needs matter
- Fosters more job satisfaction
Use Nursa for long-term recruitment success
Our app isn’t only for solving short-term staffing problems. It’s also a game changer for long-term recruitment.
We do not charge hire-away fees.
This means you can utilize PRN shifts to observe your top candidates in action before offering them permanent positions.
This also means that if you have a favorite PRN nurse or nursing assistant, you can offer them employment with no strings attached.
Why we’re the best staffing option in Fullerton, California
Nursa gives you the flexibility and adaptability you need to be strategic with your staffing decisions, both for short-term gains (fill the shift) and long-term benefits (wellbeing of internal staff and quality patient care).
Our PRN staffing platform in Fullerton, CA, offers facilities solutions with the following:
- Transparent pricing where you approve the shift rate
- Credential verification on all local healthcare professionals who request shifts
- An easy digital experience that streamlines the entire process
- Compatibility with internal operations management software such as Covr and UKG
- Human support both online and on the ground
- No minimum use quotas so you aren’t overcommitted when the patient census dips
Download the app today and find reliable nurses near you
Nurse staffing doesn’t have to involve shocking invoices with hidden fees and contracts that require you to overcommit.
Take advantage of the versatility and cost-efficiency that our app can bring you and leave the staffing frustrations behind.
With Nursa, any staffing challenge can be overcome.
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