Reducing Reliance on Travel Nurses Through Recruitment Process Improvement
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2026
Journal Title
Nurse Leader
Volume Number
24
Issue Number
1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2025.102513
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Disciplines
Nursing
Abstract
The article outlines a process improvement project aimed at decreasing dependence on travel nurses. The organization's Office of Transformation used a Lean Six Sigma framework to decrease inefficiencies and improve processes. Interventions were managed by various organizational stakeholders such as nursing leadership, human resources, talent acquisition services, employee occupational health, information services, and marketing. The project outcomes resulted in a decreased reliance on travel nurses, leading to a more stable and efficient nursing workforce, a reduced financial burden from travel nurse expenses, and enhanced recruitment processes.
Digital USD Citation
Failla, Kim Reina and DuBose, Briony M., "Reducing Reliance on Travel Nurses Through Recruitment Process Improvement" (2026). School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship. 61.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/nursing_facpub/61