These strategies may give health care leaders an edge in managing a post-pandemic nursing workforce

The pandemic caused widespread and well-documented stress on health care systems. But while some hospitals are beginning to close their Covid-19 units as cases fall, the way health care systems manage their nursing workforces may never be the same. Many hospitals struggled to meet crisis staffing needs when the number of Covid patients surged. These hospitals adapted by reallocating staff, using more overtime and hiring temporary contract nurses. Nurses, and other frontline clinicians, were heralded…