Our Take
How Covid-19 will impact the nursing workforce
Four actions to close the widening experience-complexity gap
Updated -
December 16, 2020
15 Minute Read
Covid-19 will not only fundamentally change nursing supply and demand – it will also accelerate pre-existing trends. Collective experience in the nursing workforce will decline faster as a result of the pandemic, and care delivery will become even more complex. These trends threaten patient safety if left unaddressed.
We recommend provider organizations take four actions to close the growing gap between collective nursing experience and care complexity.