QUESTION
How many additional nurses have been hired and what is the impact on registry nurse numbers?
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NYC Health and Hospitals reported hiring over 850 new nurses, significantly reducing the reliance on registry nurses from over 20% of the workforce to about 800-900.
- Over 850 new H and H (Health and Hospitals) nurses have been hired, leading to a reduction in dependency on registry nurses. - Last year, registry nurses comprised over 20% of the nurse workforce; now, approximately 800-900 registry nurses remain. - The decrease in registry nurses is a weekly progress as new hires complete their training. - NYC Health and Hospitals is not subject to the hiring freeze, allowing for continuous hiring. - This hiring progress supports the organization's goal to use registry nurses only for temporary needs like unexpected leaves.
Mercedes Narcisse
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How many additional temporary nurses have been hired since adaption?
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And what is the current total?
Mitch Katz
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I'm gonna let John give you the numbers, but what I'll tell you and, again, I appreciate your support because we got that nurse contract signed.
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And achieve nurse parody.
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We have now been extremely successful in hiring nurses who work for HNA.
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And every week we have fewer registry nurses.
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And my goal is to use registry nurses the way it was meant.
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Which was for unexpected leaves.
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So somebody needs a family leave.
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Somebody is on just a ability.
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That's a perfect use of a registry nurse because it's not a permanent position.
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She's not gonna hire somebody else for the next 4 months.
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But the reliance on registry nurses, I don't wanna say, I were bad because I'm number one focus is to take care of patients.
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And because we work on a registry, if I cannot hire my own nurses, I'm not gonna let anybody go without care So then I have to go to registry nurses.
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But now that I have fair wages for my nurses, now I can hire nurses, and each week we diminish the number of registry nurses.
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So do you have the numbers, John?
John Ulberg
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Yes.
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I would say that, you know, last year at about this time over 20% of the nurse workforce when we spoke here.
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Was registry nurses.
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And, you know, we're happy to report that we've hired over 850 new h and h nurses, and that's allowed us to start to decant the number of registry nurses and I think thus far we've probably had about 350 that have had the builder contract and left.
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The amount remaining, I I can get you the the exact number, but I would say roughly 800 to 900 registry nurses for me.
Mercedes Narcisse
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900 to 900.
John Ulberg
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Yeah.
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But we'll we'll we'll get you the exact number.
Mitch Katz
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It decreases every week as the new nurses come out of training.
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Right?
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So when the moment we hire the new nurse, we can't let go of the registry nurse.
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Because we have to train the new nurses.
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So once we train the new nurse, then as soon as that new nurse can start on the ward, then we can end the contract with the registry nurse.
Mercedes Narcisse
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By the way, I appreciate that program, residency nurses.
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It's a good program.
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Has this number has been impacted by a hiring freeze?
Mitch Katz
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No.
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We're not health and hospitals is not subject to the hiring freeze.
