What nurses really need is better staffing: The common strategies to raise nurse morale need an update

What nurses really need is better staffing: The common strategies to raise nurse morale need an update
Penn LDI - Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; by Karen Lasater, PhD, RN, and Jane Muir, PhD, APRN; 5/10/24
Pizza. Coloring books. Goody bags. They could be activities at a 5-year-old’s birthday party. But they’re not: These are many employers’ attempts to lift the morale of nurses on the frontlines of chronically understaffed organizations. What nurses really want are better working conditions so they can deliver the best care possible to their patients. As researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, we asked thousands of nurses why they are leaving their profession. Their answers are straightforward ... In our study, which was published in JAMA Network Open, ... The playbook of corporate health care asks nurses to do much with little, but nurses aren’t willing to skimp on quality and safety. ...