Hospital Nurses Spend 25% of Time On Non-Patient Care

If you are looking for the report on “Challenges Facing 10 Hospital Service Lines,” please click here.Hospital nurses spend one-quarter of their time on non-patient care, such as fulfilling regulatory requirements, providing the same information several times and securing equipment and supplies, according to a nationwide survey by Alpharetta, Ga.-based Jackson Healthcare.

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Asked for solutions, nurses called for more ancillary staff support, hospital-wide communications technology and eliminating redundant requirements.

Read Jackson Healthcare’s survey on nurse time on patient care.

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