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Float Rns: Unit Specific Tools To Promote A More Positive Float Experience, Tarra Abdullah-Grayson

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Despite efforts to transition large portions of primary health care services to more community-based outpatient settings, federal projections say the rising complexity of acute care will increase demand for RNs in hospital settings by 36% in 2020 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2017). Other projections indicate that by 2025, the U.S. registered nursing shortage will expand to more than 260,000 (Buerhaus, Auerbach, & Staiger, 2009). In an effort to address the ongoing challenges of nursing staff shortages, many hospitals have established a core of internal float pool RNs as a practical and cost effective solution to address the …