Becker's Hospital Review

91 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY Survey: More than 80% of CNOs report difficulty in nurse recruitment By Kelly Gooch C NOs believe current nurse shortages are neg- atively affecting patient care and staff morale, and project the shortages will worsen in the fu- ture, according to a the results of nurse leaders survey released April 5. e 2017 survey, conducted by AMN Healthcare, BE Smith, and e Center for the Advancement of Health- care Professionals, involved 223 nurse leaders. Partici- pants included CNOs and nurse leaders with titles such as chief nurse executive, director of nursing and vice president of nursing, senior vice president, COO, clini- cal nurse leader, and clinical administrator. Here are seven survey findings. Nursing shortage 1. Seventy-two percent of CNO respondents described the nursing shortage at their organization as moderate, significant or severe. Twenty-one percent described their organization's nursing shortage as slight, while only 7 percent said there was not a shortage. 2. Nearly 30 percent of CNOs said they expect the nurs- ing shortage at their organization to worsen in one year. Forty-three percent expect it to worsen in two years, and 61 percent expect it to worsen in five years. 3. A majority of CNOs (61 percent) said they don't think their organization's nursing shortage will change in one year. However, only 40 percent said they don't think their organization's nursing shortage will change in two years, and an even smaller number —17 percent — said they don't think it will change in five years. Nurse recruitment 4. More than 80 percent of CNOs said their organiza- tion had moderate, significant or severe difficulty in re- cruiting nurses, according to the survey. 5. CNOs said lack of access to high-quality talent (32 percent), as well as their organization's location (37 per- cent), are primary contributing factors to difficulty in recruiting nurses. Patient care and nurse morale 6. Nearly 80 percent of CNOs said staffing shortages in their organization have a slight, considerable or great negative impact on patient care. 7. Sixty-one percent of CNOs said staffing shortages in their organization have a considerable or great negative impact on nurse morale. n 5 hospitals jump from 'F' to 'A' rating on Leapfrog By Alyssa Rege F ive acute care hospitals that received an "A" safety grade rating from The Leapfrog Group received "F" ratings in past years, the organization announced April 24. The Leapfrog Group announced the spring 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades updates April 24. The organization found hospitals have made notable progress in reducing avoidable deaths from er- rors and infections. The list is updated every six months — once in the spring and again in the fall. "The national numbers on death and harm in hospitals have alarmed us for decades. What we see in the new round of Safety Grades are signs of many hospitals making significant improvements in their pa- tient safety record," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leap- frog Group. "Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades have definitely spurred these improvement efforts. But the hospitals achieving new milestones are doing the hard work, and we salute them as well as the leaders, researchers and organizations fighting every year for patient safety." Here are three insights analysts made after reanalyzing hospitals' safety ratings. 1. Five hospitals that received an "A" grade this spring for the first time held "F" ratings in past years. 2. Forty-six hospitals achieved an "A" rating for the first time since the organization began ranking hospitals six years ago. 3. Eighty-nine hospitals that received an "A" rating this spring held "D" or "F" ratings in the past. n McKesson creates foundation for opioid crisis with $100M donation By Brian Zimmerman M cKesson Corp. on March 29 committed $100 million to form a nonprofit foundation dedicated to addressing the nation's ongoing opioid epidemic. The foundation will focus on improving patient and provider educa- tion on opioid safety and expanding access to opioid overdose re- versal drugs. In addition to launching the foundation, McKesson also pledged to work with multiple stakeholders on other opioid safety initiatives, including the use of limited-dose packaging for opioids, improving access to nonopioid pain medication and training phar- macists to use opioid overdose reversal medications. "At McKesson, we are deeply concerned by the impact the opioid ep- idemic is having on families and communities across our nation. That's why we are taking new steps to help combat the epidemic," said John Hammergren, chairman and CEO of McKesson. "These new initiatives will provide additional tools to fight abuse, combat overprescribing, and increase doctor and patient education. We believe our investment and continued actions can have a positive impact, particularly when done in partnership with others in the healthcare industry, as well as with government policymakers, administrators and regulators." n

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