Health system efficiently uses staffing resources during pandemic

Providing adequate staff during a pandemic requires the creative use of human resources from within and outside an organization, write leaders at Northeast Georgia Health System, based in Gainesville. In the April issue of Nurse Leader, they describe creative methods they developed to meet increased staffing needs this past year and to ensure RNs had the necessary resources to provide safe, compassionate care. These included providing resources to nurses with increased patient loads; delegating some care tasks to other licensed and non-licensed staff; and creating payroll incentives.