Posts by Dawn Pascale
Nurse Practitioner Salaries: How Does Your Pay Compare?
As the demand for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) continues to grow, hospitals and healthcare facilities face the challenge of attracting and retaining top talent in a highly competitive market. Understanding the key factors influencing NP salaries can help staffing agency clients, like hospitals, offer compensation packages that stand out while aligning with industry trends. The State…
Read MoreThe Growing Role of Social Media in Healthcare: What You Need to Know
Social media is no longer just a platform for personal connections; it has become a vital tool across industries, including healthcare. From patient engagement to professional networking, social media offers unprecedented opportunities to transform how healthcare is delivered, experienced, and perceived. Here’s what you need to know about its growing role in the healthcare field.…
Read MoreEmpowering Clinicians with Actionable Data at the Point of Care
Actionable data at the point of care can improve patient outcomes. Better data means faster decisions with greater clinical impact. The American Hospital Association says, “Hospitals and health systems are reconnecting, rewiring, reshaping and rethinking how they can deliver actionable, real-time data to clinicians at the point of care to improve clinical and business outcomes.” Why is…
Read MoreNavigating Healthcare in an Election Year: What You Need to Know
All politics is local, meaning who we elect this year could greatly impact our facilities, staff, and patients. T. Rowe Price says, “Health care, for example, historically has been one of the hottest of all political potatoes during election years.” Even without the upcoming election, healthcare remains at the forefront of national concerns, shaping discussions in households,…
Read MoreWhy One-Size-Fits-All Doesn’t Work in Healthcare
Healthcare stakes are exceptionally high. Each patient brings unique challenges, histories, and needs that providers must address. This inherent diversity makes a one-size-fits-all approach ineffective and potentially dangerous. The same principle applies to staffing in healthcare settings—, here the complexity of patient care demands a bespoke approach to workforce solutions. The Diverse Needs of Healthcare…
Read MoreMental Health Matters: Supporting Staff Wellness Through the Seasonal Shift
The change of seasons brings with it a shift in the weather—but it also impacts the mental well-being of individuals—hospital staff included. As we transition from one season to another, recognizing and addressing the unique challenges that these changes pose, particularly for those in high-pressure environments like healthcare, can support your staff and the patients…
Read MoreElevating Hospital Performance with the Right Staffing Partner
In the high-stakes world of healthcare, your organization’s success is defined by the caliber of the professionals you bring on board. Nowhere is this more critical than in hospitals, where the quality of your staff directly impacts patient outcomes and overall care standards. With hospitals facing persistent staffing shortages, finding innovative solutions to keep operations…
Read MoreReducing Turnover Through a Culture of Appreciation: Strategies for Hospital Leaders
Hospital Leaders have the remarkable ability to help drastically reduce turnover by instilling a dynamic culture of appreciation. By embedding recognition and gratitude into the very essence of daily operations, they can ignite a spark of inspiration among their teams, elevate job satisfaction, and propel overall performance to new heights. This unwavering commitment to acknowledging…
Read MoreUnderstanding Why Physicians and APPs Opt for Locum Tenens Work
A full-time career in a hospital setting sounds like the perfect answer to job security. However, many providers increasingly opt for locum tenens, or temporary work in these settings—and we have the data to back it up. In recent years, physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) have noticed a noticeable shift towards choosing locum tenens…
Read MoreShort and Long-term Measures to Overcome Understaffing in Hospitals
Nationally, across all physician specialties in the United States, there is a projected shortage of 139,940 full-time equivalent (FTE) Physicians. In the fast-paced world of healthcare, hospitals are constantly battling the critical issue of understaffing—a challenge that has reached unprecedented levels in recent times. Medical professionals are often stretched to their limits and hospitals are feeling the financial…
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