Supporting Nurse Leaders to Reduce Burnout

Every team has high-impact nurses whose practices shape patient outcomes and influence the workload and morale of their peers. CareEffects’ Context-of-Care Analytics identifies these individuals, providing insights for targeted support or recognition. By understanding how one nurse’s practice elevates or challenges the team, this approach ensures fairness, celebrates excellence, and addresses performance gaps—fostering collaboration, accountability, and growth.

CareEffects’ advanced workload analytics examines workload trends across all shifts and patient assignments over six-month periods. By comparing workloads to unit and peer expectations, we identify disparities—whether nurses consistently take on too much or too little work. Experienced nurses who take heavier workloads risk burnout, while new nurses are often shielded during transitions. We equip nursing leaders with insights to protect top performers, ensure the support of new staff, and foster equitable, sustainable teams.

CareEffects integrates seamlessly, minimizing IT burden and maximizing value. Our streamlined implementation process relies only on electronic clinical data you already have on hand, ensuring a rapid IT setup and minimal disruption to existing systems. With actionable insights delivered in weeks—not months—we help you achieve quick results without adding complexity to your operations.

Our KPIs highlight actionable opportunities for improvement, from optimizing patient flow to balancing peer workloads. By factoring in patient severity, staffing, and care patterns, CareEffects provides nurse leaders with precise insights to drive meaningful, targeted changes.

CareEffects’ Context-of-Care Adjustment provides objective, reliable insights into individual and team performance. By addressing nurse-patient assignment nuances and care environment variables, we ensure fair comparisons that empower leaders to make confident, data-driven decisions.

At Troy Regional Medical Center, CareEffects improved pain assessment practices, reducing risk-adjusted Length of Stay by 0.33 days for opioid-treated inpatients—45% of all admits—within just 12 months. This success was achieved through a positive, nurse-led approach that empowered nurses to deliver more effective care.

Read a Case Study on How CareEffects Improved Bedside Practice and Patient Throughput at a Small Hospital