Hospital Expansion Requires Travel Nurses

Summary

• General acute-care hospital providing inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular care
• Technologically advanced facility
• Massive demand when the hospital opened necessitated extra nurses
• FASTAFF provided 14 nurses in one week to cover high patient load

FASTAFF Helps Vascular Center Open with Ease

When a state-of-the-art specialty heart hospital in Dallas opened, heart patients and their doctors were eager to proceed with scheduled surgeries in the new facility. The hospital boasts the most current heart technology in the region and a team of world-class surgeons, making it the foremost heart center in the area. Patients lined up to have their surgeries in the facility from the moment it opened its doors, so the need for highly trained nurses able to work with these fragile patients was of the utmost importance. Finding full-time staff up to this demanding task takes time, but the hospital didn’t have time to find these qualified nurses before it had to open its doors.

The hospital knew it needed temporary nurses who could meet its high expectations and properly care for patients while management continued seeking the nurses needed to fill the positions permanently. After discussing its options with leaders at another hospital in its care network, the hospital turned to FASTAFF to provide Intensive Care, Progressive Care and Telemetry nurses who could help get the hospital up and running at peak performance.

For FASTAFF, finding the most qualified nursing staff is all in a day’s work, so locating professionals with the needed abilities for this demanding hospital was a task FASTAFF was more than ready for. Just one week after the hospital put in its request, 14 FASTAFF nurses arrived at the facility ready to tackle their challenging job at a world-class heart hospital.

FASTAFF nurses got right to it, easily adapting to the hospital’s high expectations and its unique way of doing things. The facility’s patient-centered Universal Bed Model, which allows patients to remain comfortably in one suite throughout their hospitalization, meant the nurses would rotate around the hospital providing care to patients who needed it. This system is rare, but for FASTAFF nurses, learning and thriving in a new environment is a professional necessity. And for FASTAFF, providing nurses who can do that job as they walk through the door is the main mission.

About FASTAFF

Since 1989, FASTAFF has been staffing acute-care facilities with highly trained, top-quality nurses in a variety of specialties. FASTAFF responds with as little as 48-hours notice to crucial and urgent healthcare needs. FASTAFF has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval, showing our commitment to continuous improvement and quality services. For more information about how FASTAFF can assist your facility, contact us at www.fastaff.com or 888-859-8687.