Collaboration, accountability support outcomes-based staffing

Finance and nursing professionals bring different perspectives to the issue of safe nurse staffing, according to the authors of a report in the June Nurse Leader. 鈥淎lthough the relationship between nursing care and patient outcomes is widely accepted,鈥 the report stated, 鈥渢he nursing budget...is a perennial target for scrutiny.鈥 In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors wrote, 鈥淣ow, more than ever, a collaborative approach to solving the challenges ahead together is crucial.鈥 The full report, co-authored by representatives of AONL, the American Nurses Association, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), is on the HFMA website.