Abstract
Travel nurse (TN) utilization has increased in the United States as both a staffing
solution and a career choice. We studied the perceptions of TNs regarding their work
environment, nurse leadership, and pandemic impact on practice and well-being. We
found their well-being “at risk,” disagreement with the presence of a healthy work
environment, and high pandemic impact, similar to the larger sample of 1700 US nurses.
Authentic nurse leadership was present, signaling solid frontline leadership despite
continued pandemic conditions. TNs should be embraced as members of the care team
in our new world of dynamic nurse staffing.
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Biography
Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL, is vice president and chief nursing officer at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, in New York, New York. She can be reached at [email protected] Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is director at Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy, and Elizabeth Brooks Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 01, 2022
Accepted:
March 7,
2022
Received:
February 27,
2022
Footnotes
Note: Both authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. The authors thank Mark Barnes, FAAN, and Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, co-founders of The DAISY Foundation, for their enthusiastic support of this research, and Kevin Masick for his statistical expertise.
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