Erin P. Fraher PhD, MPP , Connor Sullivan PhD , Shweta Pathak PhD , Colleen Tapen MBA
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Trends in general acute care hospital nurse staffing from 2017 to 2022
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted historical trends in the nursing workforce in the United States.
Purpose
This study investigated trends in the utilization of registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nursing assistive personnel in short-term general hospitals from 2017 to 2022.
Methods
We used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the effect of time, hospital characteristics, and geographic characteristics on RN staffing intensity between 2017 and 2022.
Discussion
Relative to 2017, RN adjusted staffing intensity increased by 0.12 RNs per 1,000 patient days in 2020, (p < .01), but then decreased by 0.11 RNs in 2021 (p < .01), and further decreased by 0.27 RNs per 1,000 patient days in 2022 (p < .01). RN staffing intensity varied significantly by state (p < .05) and LPN full-time equivalents increased by 7% between 2021 and 2022.
Conclusion
Our findings suggest that average RN staffing intensity in hospitals decreased in 2021 and 2022, and these effects differed between states.
期刊介绍:
Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession. Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.