About 40% of nurses say they plan to leave their profession in the next five years because of clinical environments with unmanageable stress, workload, and understaffing. There are scales to measure the health of a workplace that look at staffing, leadership support, nurse-physician relationships, participation in hospital affairs, and the quality of care delivered. Sabelile Tenza tells us about her research on the relationship between nurses' practice environments and the quality and safety of healthcare. Hear how we can build clinical environments where nurses don’t just survive their 12-hour shifts, but where they are empowered to thrive.
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