Regina Temple

  pexels.com Regina Temple: How to Retain Healthcare Employees Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry struggled to manage inpatient excess capacity while more procedures shifted to an outpatient setting. Today, healthcare systems face even bigger problems as they address the daily challenges of finding available staff and capacity for an increasing patient population. There's also an increased demand for inpatient healthcare services, combined with employee turnover, that is on the rise. If a hospital did not have an efficient management system and an employee retention strategy before the pandemic, the new demands on healthcare systems are likely exploiting these struggles. A 2021 study by the Mayo Clinic found that one in five healthcare workers said they intended to reduce their work hours or days or quit the profession in two years because of fear of infection, a high workload, anxiety, or burnout. Prevent Employee Burnout According to the American Psycholog...