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To reduce agency nurse spend, fill open shifts with your own nurses first and treat agency as the last step …
To negotiate rates with nurse staffing agencies, benchmark what the market pays for each specialty, consolidate your volume so it's …
Converting travel nurses into staff nurses works best when you start the conversation in the first half of the contract, …
To cross-train nurses to float, group units that care for similar patients, write a competency checklist for each receiving unit, …
Offer every open shift to your own nurses first, in tiers. Start with the home unit's qualified staff, then the …
Set up incentive pay for hard-to-fill nurse shifts by defining exactly which shifts qualify, setting a small number of rates …
To fill shifts with per diem nurses instead of agency, build an internal pool of hospital-employed nurses who work as …
Start an internal float pool by finding where your recurring staffing gaps are, then funding a dedicated group of your …
The true cost of an agency nurse is the agency bill rate plus every indirect cost the hospital absorbs: orientation, …
