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Think Tank Addresses Nurse Staffing and Working Conditions

Nurse.com

This opt-in, flexible staffing program allows bedside nurses to focus exclusively on patient care by assigning unlicensed assistive personnel and administrative staff to relieve nursing staff of non-nursing tasks such as answering phones, and transporting and observing patients.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

In a team model, the nurses oversee the care by unlicensed assistive personnel. So people like certified nursing assistants or patient care techs will do many hands-on activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, and other things. We’re redefining the work of nursing. So that’s what the team model does.