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The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this challenge to the point of crisis.</p> <p>It will take a collaborative effort to change the staffing paradigm in our country to one that values nurse staffing as an investment in patient safety and better outcomes rather than an expense. </p> <p>We know that appropriate staffing ensures an effective match between the needs of the patient and family, and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the nurse. It sounds simple, and yet it is not. It is time to stop bandaging our current staffing model—new approaches are crucial.</p></div> </div> <!-- Module Footer --> <div class="module-footer"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-base youtube-video-module"> <div class="container"> <div class="module-header row"> <div class="header__wrapper"> <h2 class="module-header__heading section-heading col-xs-12">Advocacy in Action: Leading the Way for Appropriate Staffing</h2> <div class="module-header__sub-head hero-sentence-subtext col-xs-12"><p style="text-align: left;">In partnership with the American Nurses Association, American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, AACN led an initiative to identify strategies that address the crisis in acute and critical care staffing.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">AACN convened the Partners for Nurse Staffing, which launched a Nurse Staffing Think Tank and Nurse Staffing Task Force. Together we created new staffing solutions that advance patient outcomes while ensuring a better work environment for nurses and all members of the healthcare team.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">In this video, Task Force member Ryan Miller shares how nurses can implement the recommendations developed by the two groups.</p> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><a href="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/staffing/task-force-recommendations.pdf?la=en" target="_Blank">Task Force Recommendations</a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><a href="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/staffing/think-tank-recommendations.pdf?la=en" target="_Blank">Think Tank Recommendations</a></div> <style>.youtube-video-module { background: #f1efed; padding-top: 70px; padding-bottom: 60px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;}</style></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="col-xs-1"></div> <div class=" col-xs-10"> <div class="video-wrapper"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iV7j0ozRvvo?modestbranding=1&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-1"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-base point-cta-module js-page-section light-bg-dark-module-img white-bg" > <div class="module-img fluid-image-view js-module-image"> <picture class="img__wrapper"> <!--[if IE 9]><video style="display: none;"><![endif]--> <source srcset="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/images/3card_module_image_background_1920x800_staffing.jpg?h=800&la=en&w=1920&cropregion=0,0,1920,800&hash=A256999C80D94ED99A14CAE9E56E8EF77D23C929 1920w" media="(min-width: 992px)" /> <source srcset="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/images/3card_module_image_background_1800x1200_staffing.jpg?h=1200&la=en&w=1800&cropregion=0,0,1800,1200&hash=5F51C9A84C07C7AE410B59C5A0B68D27FEB90273 1800w" media="(min-width: 650px))" /> <source srcset="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/images/3-card_module_image_background_1152x405-v2_staffing.jpg?h=405&la=en&w=1152&cropregion=0,0,1152,405&hash=CFDC51C2EA84A1F489A7D135855717B10086E873 1152w" media="(min-width: 0))" /> <!--[if IE 9]></video><![endif]--> <img class="img__presentation js-image" srcset="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/images/3-card_module_image_background_1152x405-v2_staffing.jpg?h=405&la=en&w=1152&cropregion=0,0,1152,405&hash=CFDC51C2EA84A1F489A7D135855717B10086E873 1152w" src="/~/media/aacn-website/clincial-resources/images/3-card_module_image_background_1152x405-v2_staffing.jpg?h=405&la=en&w=1152&cropregion=0,0,1152,405&hash=CFDC51C2EA84A1F489A7D135855717B10086E873" alt="module image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="module-header row"> <div class="header__wrapper"> <h2 class="module-header__heading section-heading col-xs-12">Nurse Staffing Solutions From Our Community</h2> <div class="module-header__sub-head hero-sentence-subtext col-xs-12"><style> @media (min-width: 650px) { .point-cta { height: 400px; } } .point-cta .point__cta { clear: left; display: none; } .point-cta { margin-bottom: 0px !important; } </style> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-content row"> <div class="module__point col-xs-12 col-sm-4"> <a href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/national-nurse-staffing-task-force-participants-key-takeaways" class="link-blocker" target=""></a> <div class="point-cta"> <!-- OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__img"> <img src="/~/media/aacn-website/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/list-image_task-force.jpg?h=350&la=en&w=350&cropregion=0,0,351,350&hash=AE3473D6AEB0F6B5423AD12B2070A189C0C40227" alt="point img" class="img__presentation"> </div> <!-- END OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__content"> <div class="module-section-title">Nurse Staffing Task Force Key Takeaways</div> <div class="body-main">Members of the National Nurse Staffing Task Force discuss the most useful takeaways from their work with the multifaceted group. They share useful ways that units can start implementing the recommendations. </div> </div> <div class="point__cta"> <a class="btn-secondary" href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/national-nurse-staffing-task-force-participants-key-takeaways" target=""> <span class="btn-secondary__label">Explore</span> <span class="btn-secondary__arrow"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module__point col-xs-12 col-sm-4"> <a href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/acuity-based-staffing" class="link-blocker" target=""></a> <div class="point-cta"> <!-- OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__img"> <img src="/~/media/aacn-website/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/maurice_kibisu_350x350.jpeg?h=100&la=en&w=100&cropregion=0,0,350,350&hash=4143A29B0C63BF228D5A0D3052617991DB414EDF" alt="point img" class="img__presentation"> </div> <!-- END OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__content"> <div class="module-section-title">Acuity-Based Staffing</div> <div class="body-main">Read how one hospital implemented an acuity-based staffing tool that uses existing EHR data to provide real-time information about patient needs, supporting efficient and fair assignment of patients to nursing staff.</div> </div> <div class="point__cta"> <a class="btn-secondary" href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/acuity-based-staffing" target=""> <span class="btn-secondary__label">Explore</span> <span class="btn-secondary__arrow"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module__point col-xs-12 col-sm-4"> <a href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/nursing-workload-tool-to-assist-with-unit-staffing" class="link-blocker" target=""></a> <div class="point-cta"> <!-- OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__img"> <img src="/~/media/aacn-website/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/list-image_pant-score.jpg?h=165&la=en&w=165&cropregion=0,0,350,350&hash=9408436236957E5FF6D892A51438ED7083324C8B" alt="point img" class="img__presentation"> </div> <!-- END OPTIONAL IMG --> <div class="point__content"> <div class="module-section-title">Workload Tool to Assist With Staffing</div> <div class="body-main">A health system developed a tool to calculate patient care workload, based on the nursing interventions documented in the electronic health record. Read how a nurse used collaboration and perseverance to lead this innovation.</div> </div> <div class="point__cta"> <a class="btn-secondary" href="/nursing-excellence/nurse-stories/nursing-workload-tool-to-assist-with-unit-staffing" target=""> <span class="btn-secondary__label">Explore</span> <span class="btn-secondary__arrow"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- Module Footer --> <div class="module-footer"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-base text-button-module js-page-section dark-bg" style="background:#36c4d6;"> <div class="container"> <div class="module-header row"> <div class="header__wrapper col-xs-12"> <div class="col-md-1"> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <h2 class="module-header__heading section-heading">Share Your Innovative Staffing Solutions</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-1"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-content row"> <div class="col-md-1"> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10"> <div class="module-content__description body-main"><p>Nurses are innovative and flexible when faced with a challenge. While AACN is exploring large-scale and collaborative staffing transformations, we know you are innovating at the unit level to find new ways to approach nurse staffing.</p> <p>Please share the new and different approaches you have taken that resulted in improvements to staffing. Your experience can inspire others, and even small steps move us all closer to our goal of appropriate staffing for all healthcare institutions. Together, we can shine a light on creative solutions that are happening now.</p></div> <div class="module-content__cta"> <a class="btn-flow--alt light" href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/648442331e924052b9380808ff9102c1" target="_blank"><span class="btn-flow__label">Share Your Solution</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-1"> </div> </div> <!-- Module Footer --> <div class="module-footer"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-base plain-html-module light-bg-dark-module-img" style="background:#f1efed;"> <div class="container"> <div class="module-header row"> <div class="header__wrapper"> <h2 class="module-header__heading section-heading col-xs-12">Key Nurse Staffing Resources</h2> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 content__rich-text">AACN, a longtime champion for appropriate staffing, offers many resources. These featured resources can help you navigate staffing challenges, seek solutions and make your optimal contribution to support a healthy work environment and care for patients and their families.</div> </div> <!-- Module Footer --> <div class="module-footer"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="module-base text-button-module side-button js-page-section light-bg-dark-module-img" style="background:#f1efed;"> <div class="container"> <div class="side-button__wrapper bordered light"> <div class="module-content row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="side-button__text"> <h3 class="module-content__title body-heading--large">AACN Standards for Appropriate Staffing in Adult Critical Care</h3> <div class="module-content__description body-main">These seven standards, developed with input from our community, offer guidance to improve some of the many processes that affect appropriate registered nurse staffing. 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