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Pandemic Recovery In Nursing: Labor Shortage And Financial Devastation, Rebecca Rogers
Pandemic Recovery In Nursing: Labor Shortage And Financial Devastation, Rebecca Rogers
Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects
The COVID-19 pandemic inadvertently caused one of the greatest nursing labor shortages in history. Many healthcare organizations were forced to rely on external agency nurses to staff their organizations and care for large volumes of patients. The high demand for these nurses caused an increase in costs for external contracted labor. The costs of external agency use became financially devastating for healthcare organizations who had not budgeted for this expense and still the external agency use did not resolve the issue of nursing labor shortages. Learning and recovering from the labor and financial costs of the COVID-19 pandemic requires an …
Debriefing Emergency Department Nurses During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jessica Hailstock
Debriefing Emergency Department Nurses During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jessica Hailstock
Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects
This study examined the consequences of increased stress experienced by emergency department nurses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal was to acknowledge that this particular population of nurses already experience high levels of stress and that being on the frontlines of healthcare during a pandemic exacerbates the issue. Nursing leaders within the emergency department must acknowledge and monitor the nurses’ stress. Findings suggest that debriefing led by qualified individuals is a powerful intervention to combat the negative effects of stress.