Vice President, Patient Care Services Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The post/intra-pandemic "Great Resignation" of 2021 effected multitudes of industries throughout the United States and certainly did not spare the field of nursing. Hospitals witnessed their primary caregivers depart for high salary travel assignments, resign to neighboring hospitals that offered better pay, bonuses, and working conditions; or the employee left the field of nursing altogether due to burnout. These factors combined to create one of the largest vacuums of talent in healthcare and transport medicine programs are on life support as one of its victims.
This session will examine current states of the nursing and paramedicine workforce as they relate to the needs of transport medicine programs. Case studies will be used to discuss alternative models, best practices, and other innovations employed by leading transport programs.
Learning Objectives:
Describe two challenges that transport programs face as a result of the nursing and paramedicine workforce shortage.
Define three of the workforce "dimensions" that human resource and program administrators should consider when contemplating innovation and best practices for workforce shortages.
Describe two best practices or innovations that may help alleviate the strains of a workforce shortage within transport programs.
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.jpg "Scott E. James, DNP, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, NRP, CEN, CFRN photo")