Perspectives

Inpatient care will always remain a focus of healthcare’s staffing challenges. But the next hiring boom is just as likely to strike beyond the hospital’s walls, whether it’s a shopping-plaza clinic...

By Mary Hamilton, MSN, RN, NE-BC Vice President of Clinical Workforce Solutions, Prolink Clinical float pools are one of the most effective tools in a nursing executive's staffing toolbelt. Done...

By Mary Hamilton, MSN, RN, NE-BC Vice President of Clinical Workforce Solutions, Prolink There’s no getting around it: schedule flexibility is one of the biggest drivers of clinician satisfaction...

There is not one right answer for the best contingent staffing channel. Ask which channel is cheapest for a specific shift, on a specific unit, with a specific level of local labor supply, and the...

If your hospital system plans to cut staffing agency spend this in 2026, you're in the majority. 70% say it’s time. They said it last year, too.  Per a 2026 NSI report, 70.7% of hospitals now plan...

Welcome to the first edition of our Event Roundup series! In each monthly post, you’ll find more information about the in-person events, conferences, and gatherings our team will be attending...

According to NSI’s National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report, hospitals hired approximately 385,000 nurses in 2024. On the surface, that statistic looks positive for a profession...

Nurse leaders are carrying a great deal right now, and one of the hardest parts is making decisions without a clear view of what is really happening in the workforce. You can see the vacancies,...

Agency labor costs for travel nurses are a burden to all healthcare organizations. Every CFO who has stared at a travel nurse invoice knows the feeling. The shift got covered, the unit stayed safe,...

Premium pay used to fill vacant nursing positions. Not anymore. A single sign-on bonus is not a retention strategy. If you want to find top talent who will stick around for the long haul, it’s...