Hospital and Healthcare Staffing Solutions in Spokane, WA

Spokane hospitals and healthcare facilities are facing alarming vacancies and staff scheduling issues.

Nursa’s PRN staffing in Spokane, Washington, is the best solution for your hospital or healthcare facility. Keep reading to learn why.

Staffing Solutions for Hospitals in Spokane, WA

A Washington Center for Nursing report states staffing challenges are a statewide issue. Here’s a review of the nursing data as it applies to staffing for LPNs (licensed practical nurses), RNs (registered nurses), and ARNPs (advanced registered nurse practitioners).

Spokane County has 498 active licensed LPNs.
Approximately 90 percent of Washington LPNs are employed in nursing.
The top two reasons for unemployment among Washington LPNs are “taking care of home and family” and “other.”
Nearly 14 percent of Washington LPNs work less than 32 hours per week.
Spokane County has 6,821 active licensed RNs.
Approximately 90 percent of Washington RNs are employed in nursing.
The top two reasons for unemployment among Washington RNs are “taking care of home and family” and “other.”
About 21 percent of Washington RNs work less than 32 hours per week.
Spokane County has 758 active licensed ARNPs.
Approximately 23 percent of Washington ARNPs work less than 32 hours per week.

Reviewing these selected data points, you can see that while there is no denying the very real and well-known issue of nurse staffing shortages in Washington, we can see that there are groups of nurses that, while actively licensed, either aren’t working or aren’t working full-time.

Furthermore, we know that while nurse recruitment is essential, retention is equally important. According to the 2024 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report, nurse turnover costs hospitals $56,300 per bedside RN, on average. How can you keep your staff when the vacancies are causing them more work, more hours, and less confidence and focus? Hospital administrators increasingly rely on PRN staffing solutions. Here’s where healthcare technology and per diem (PRN) work models combine to create quick, flexible staffing options in a PRN nursing marketplace: Nursa.

How Nursa Helps Spokane Hospitals

Nursa is a healthcare staffing app for Washington nurses and nursing assistants (CNAs) actively looking for PRN shifts. The staffing app takes what was formerly a tiresome process of working through a call list of already tired employees or emails and missed calls through an agency and consolidates it into a streamlined and straightforward process. This benefits Spokane hospitals in several ways:

It provides access to the talent pool of licensed clinicians who don't respond to regular recruitment methods for staff positions because they may not be able to commit to a routine work week but are available to work on an as-needed basis.
It relieves the burden on current staff who are struggling shift to shift with the shortages and feeling overwhelmed or overworked. This benefit can have long-reaching consequences by boosting morale and increasing staff retention when your internal staff members no longer feel stretched too thin.
It ensures schedulers can provide better nurse-to-patient ratios, increasing quality of care and staff and patient safety, which boosts staff morale and retention.
It allows your schedulers the flexibility to adjust your staffing levels to meet the constant fluctuation of patient intake. When intake is high, beef up PRN staffing numbers; when intake is low, simply don't contract PRN staff.
Take your time recruiting staff nurses (which, on average, takes 86 days). In the meantime, use PRN clinicians to meet staffing needs so you can be confident in your staffing and avoid the high turnover costs.
It allows healthcare administrators the time and space to concentrate on long-term strategies for recruitment and retention because the day-to-day needs are being met.

Solve Acute and Post-Acute Staffing Needs

Long-term care facilities and hospitals can post PRN shifts on Nursa.

Long-term care, often called “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.

How to Find Spokane PRN Nurses and CNAs with Nursa

Using Nursa is simple: Follow these steps to post your RN, LPN, and CNA jobs on the app where hundreds of Spokane clinicians and others nearby are looking for shifts.

Download Nursa’s app or simply open Nursa in your browser.
Follow the prompts to register your facility.
Post your hard-to-fill PRN shifts.
Review shift applicant profiles.
Select your preferred candidate for the job.

Nursa Is Affordable and Straightforward

Using Nursa as a staffing solution in Spokane, Washington, is affordable and straightforward. Nursa is not a subscription service, and you are not required to post a minimum or maximum number of shifts. Nursa is a tool you can use when your hospital or facility needs staff. It’s free to post shifts, and you only pay for the hours worked once the shift is completed. Post PRN jobs today to give your hospital or facility the necessary coverage.

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