High patient-to-nurse ratios, a high percentage of high-acuity patients, patient

High patient-to-nurse ratios, a high percentage of high-acuity patients, patient assignments that challenge us, and a lack of time for necessary breaks all add up to the demanding burden that nurses endure on a daily basis as a result of the nursing shortage (Tamata & Mohammadnezhad, 2023). One of the biggest problems a healthcare organization has when trying to solve the nursing shortage is finding ways to stay within budget while still providing enough money for other necessary resources. The competing needs in the nurse staff deficit, finances, and meeting staffing demands, must coincide with the plan of the policy before it is implemented. Many leaders cannot balance between addressing competing requirements in healthcare and creating policies that would benefit nurses. Leaders must therefore participate in carefully mapping out guarantees that the requirements are taken into account during the policy-making process. A balanced workplace is necessary to ensure safe, high-quality patient care that is continuous, professional satisfaction for nurses, and the reduction and management of distress, tension, and dissension (Zhavoronkova, Custer, & Neal, 2022). The company could save money by avoiding the expenses of recruiting and training new nursing staff if it had policies that encourage nurses to work overtime, sign-on bonuses, and incentives for on-call nurses and extra shifts. If staff nurse placement is unsuccessful, policies that permit the use of agency nurses in times of low staffing will assist the organization in maintaining a safe nurse-to-patient ratio, which enhances employee satisfaction and makes it feasible for nurses to give patients the best care possible. On a national level, to handle the nursing shortage in a more coordinated manner, there should be an organization created on a federal and state level to regulate nurse and staff to patient ratios and provide oversight. To lessen the effects of the nursing shortage and strengthen the country’s response to appear that there is a concern for nursing satisfaction and patient safety, significant federal budgetary commitments and ongoing cooperation are required across several platforms locally, statewide, and nationally.