With its access to beautiful beaches and all the comforts of big-city living, St. Petersburg is understandably a popular destination for tourism and retirement. The implications of that, however, are felt in the increasing demand for healthcare services.
Healthcare facilities and hospitals are feeling the pressure as they grapple with a serious nurse staffing shortage. They need solutions that are economical and responsive. They need Nursa.
Nursa's PRN staffing is the best solution for your hospital or healthcare facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. Keep reading to learn why.
The Healthcare Staffing Crisis in St. Petersburg, Florida
According to the Florida Hospital Association (FHA), the nursing shortage is projected to reach 60,000 nurses by 2035 across all of Florida.
The nurse shortage has garnered significant media attention in recent years. It was a problem before the COVID pandemic—which only served to make it worse.
The FHA's most recent report shows the following:
- Florida RN turnover rate: 20%
- Florida RN vacancy rate: 13%
Nursa commissioned research to survey healthcare executives and gathered the following insights:
- Nurse staffing is a "significant challenge": 98% of CFOs
- Nurse staffing causes financial pressure: 75% of CFOs
- Contracted nursing clinicians are equally valuable to internal staff: 93% of health system leaders
- Could offer staff more flexibility with access to larger talent pool: 63% of health system executives
Consequences of Nurse Staffing Challenges
This troubling issue in St. Petersburg affects all healthcare facilities and hospitals as well as patients and healthcare personnel, having consequences such as:
- Increased feelings among nursing staff of resentment, burnout
- Increased risk of nurse turnover
- Reduced nurse retention
- Impact on nurse staffing ratios
- Increased risk of errors
- Impact on quality patient care
- Reduced patient confidence and satisfaction
In order to address these challenges and potential consequences, healthcare facilities and hospitals in St. Petersburg need staffing solutions that can address immediate, short-term, and long-term needs. Nursa is a PRN healthcare staffing platform that leverages technology to provide solutions in real time.
Nursa connects local registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) with facilities that need them. These local clinicians pick up shifts on demand, filling critical shift 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.
Advantages of Using Nursa for Staffing Solutions
Staffing strategies must be flexible and affordable to address the scheduling challenges that hospitals and healthcare facilities face. PRN staffing with Nursa offers many advantages, such as the following:
- Access: Nursa provides facilities with access to a larger talent pool, nursing clinicians not only in St. Petersburg, but in nearby surrounding areas can see and request the PRN shifts that St. Petersburg facilities post.
- Adapt: Contract PRN clinicians one shift at a time, which allows schedulers to adapt to fluctuating needs in real time.
- Afford: With Nursa, facilities only pay the hourly rate for PRN shifts worked. No employee benefits, no hidden fees.
Moreover, many facilities have started using Nursa as a recruitment tool because Nursa does not charge hire-away fees. PRN shifts can serve as excellent opportunities to try out clinicians before hiring them as internal staff.
St. Petersburg Nursing Clinicians Want Flexibility
The use of contract nurse labor has more than doubled in the years following the pandemic. Nurses and nursing assistants want flexibility. So, who are the nursing clinicians in your community that use Nursa to pick up PRN shifts?
- Nursing students who have busy class schedules
- Nurses and nursing assistants who have other jobs
- Nurses and nursing assistants who have retired but kept their licenses active
- Nurses and nursing assistants who are caregivers and can’t commit to the rigid scheduling of staff jobs
- Nurses and nursing assistants who value flexibility and autonomy
- Nurses and nursing assistants in surrounding areas who drive to St. Petersburg to pick up a few shifts
How to Find PRN Nursing Clinicians?
Nursa provides a simple and easy-to-use format for institutions looking for nursing clinicians in St. Petersburg.
It is as simple as creating an account, registering the necessary information about your facility, and uploading a calendar of available shifts so that RNs, LPNs, and CNAs nearby can start requesting shifts.
Register your facility today and start posting your shift needs with Nursa.
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