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Infographic: Top 3 Workforce Challenges in 2024

Analysis  |  By G Hatfield  
   November 06, 2024

CNOs and other healthcare executives are strategizing to address recruitment and retention, workplace violence, and virtual nursing challenges, say these nurse leaders.

Nurse leaders have had many challenges to face this year, and CNOs have been brainstorming ideas for addressing the nursing shortage as well as disruptors such as AI and virtual care.

From Nov. 6 to Nov. 8, the members of the HealthLeaders Workforce Decision Makers Exchange will meet in Washington D.C. to discuss critical workforce issues in nursing, and innovative solutions to address recruitment and retention, technology, and workplace violence challenges.

Here are some of the biggest workforce challenges that nurse leaders are facing in 2024, according to Katie Boston Leary, senior vice president of equity and engagement at the American Nurses Association (ANA), Jean Putnam, chief nurse executive at Baptist Health South Florida, and Michele Szkolnicki, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

 

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G Hatfield is the CNO editor for HealthLeaders.


KEY TAKEAWAYS

The HealthLeaders Workforce Decision Makers Exchange will take place Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 and will bring together numerous healthcare executives to discuss the most pressing workforce challenges.

When recruiting, CNOs should keep in mind that Gen Z nurses are prioritizing technology, social media, diversity, flexible scheduling, and work-life balance.

The surge in new technology has been a large disruptor in nursing, particularly in the case of virtual nursing.


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