Nurse Burnout & Retention
For hospice and home health nurses, after-hours calls aren’t just disruptive—they’re exhausting, both physically and emotionally. Every late-night ring is a reminder that, even off the clock, they are still the safety net for their patients. In the past, outsourcing after-hours calls often meant patients and families spoke with someone who wasn’t a nurse or [...]
Burnout among healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, is a persistent issue. The ongoing nursing shortage and the upcoming boom in the aging population have intensified this problem, adding urgency to hospice and home health organizations' efforts to find effective solutions. While traditional methods focus on workload and administrative burdens, innovative strategies address the root causes of [...]
Preventing nurse burnout can translate to improved nurse retention and improved patient outcomes. In home health and hospice care, nurses often face significant challenges that can lead to burnout. The constant juggling of patient needs, administrative tasks, and emotional stress can take a toll on even the most dedicated caregivers. However, prioritizing nurse wellness and [...]
Nurse retention is essential to maintaining a stable and quality healthcare workforce. While workload, work environment, and professional development opportunities can significantly impact nurse retention, administrators can effectively support nurse work-life balance, reduce burnout, and improve retention by outsourcing triage along with other retention strategies.
The current environment of staffing shortage plus hospice industry growth forces organizations to think outside the box for a nurse staffing solution. External resources such as outsourced triage can help growing hospice organizations retain nurses, repurpose resources, and optimize operations.
Guest writer Erin Whalen of Compassionate Coaching offers self-awareness and self-care strategies for your after-hours nursing staff. People who are arguably doing the most important work - nurses at the bedside of the dying - don’t have a clear separation between their workday ending and their non-work life beginning. This type of workload can lead to burnout, staff retention issues, and a steep decline in team morale.
75% of the week occurs after you shut your agency doors, impacting multiple facets of your operations - especially your workforce. Learn how CommonSpirit Health at Home optimized their after-hours with after-hours action plans that included outsourcing triage to IntellaTriage.
Several years into the pandemic and the ongoing staffing crisis, nurse burnout concerns still plague hospice and home health agencies. Their nursing staff continue to feel the pinch of heavy workloads and understaffing. Hospice and home health agencies must find a way to support fewer nurses with fewer resources. To help reduce burnout, agencies can outsource after-hours calls.
Understanding the different options for after-hours care models and choosing the model that best fits your agency's goals can significantly impact overall patient satisfaction, nurse burnout, and your bottom line.
Earlier this month, we discussed the impact of short-staffing shifts for healthcare workers. Splitting more patients between fewer nurses results in exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, and frustration: all the ingredients for premature career burnout. However, this isn’t the only consequence of having fewer nurses on the floor. These short-staffed shifts also jeopardize the health and safety [...]
Research shows that wages and benefits account for 56% of U.S. hospital costs – this far exceeds the other categories of expenditure, which include professional fees (11.9%), prescription drugs (6.7%), utilities (1.8%), liability insurance (1.2%), and other line items (22.4%). Since staffing is such a major expense, many healthcare organizations have begun to hire fewer nurses [...]
On the IntellaTriage blog, we’ve explained exactly how detrimental nurse burnout can be to your organization and your team. When staff members are pushed to the limit, they begin to feel stressed, anxious, and fatigued. This often results in issues with nurse retention and recruitment, with the average cost of turnover per employee reaching up to $58,400. Today, we’d [...]
