Staffing Challenges Today

摘要

At the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) National Teaching Institute in May 2017, AACN President Clareen Wiencek, with help from President-Elect Christine Schulman, facilitated a session in which participants shared their concerns about staffing in their units.1 Two work environment staffing topics became the focus of the session: (1) nursing shortages and difficulty recruiting in certain areas of the country, and (2) methods that organizations use to determine staffing numbers.