®We ran it inside a leading healthcare system. Here's what we found, including what didn't work.
122 nursing staff. Every major specialty. 19 weeks in acute hospital care. This is the public summary; the full report is available on request.
Built on research. Tested by nurses. Proven on the ward.
Both studies use WHIP®, the Workplace Health Intervention Pathway. It is grounded in the published evidence, reviewed by nurses around the world, and tested inside a leading healthcare system.
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150
Peer-reviewed journal articles
The research base WHIP is built on, across physical, emotional, sleep and nutritional health in nursing.
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20
Nurses, global peer review
WHIP was reviewed by a panel of 20 nurses from around the world before it reached the ward.
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122
Nurses in the live pilot
Nineteen weeks across every major specialty, with 55% using it voluntarily. See the results
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Round 2
Second global peer review
Opening soon. The second global review by nurses worldwide opens soon.
nursing staff enrolled, across every major specialty
used the check-in voluntarily, at least once
of check-in days, staff arrived tired or exhausted
weeks running inside a live acute trust
Three findings no other data source showed.
Nurses will use it
More than half used it voluntarily. With leadership backing, 112 staff enrolled in eight weeks.
It sees what others miss
On over a third of check-in days, nurses arrived tired or exhausted: at work, and invisible to absence data.
It shows where
Paediatrics, Midwifery and Critical Care scored lowest. Band 5 nurses scored below the support workers they supervise.
Not every ward is under the same strain.
Scores differed by 0.62 points between the best and worst specialty. An annual survey can't resolve that to ward level. This can.
Mean check-in score by specialty, out of 5
More than a third of shifts started depleted.
Physical state was the weakest of the four dimensions, and poor sleep sat underneath it.
Physical strain leads. Experience doesn't protect.
Mean score by dimension, out of 5
20+ years' experience vs everyone, out of 5
People try it. Building the habit is the hard part.
Without reminders or onboarding, monthly active users fell from 39 to 3, and the average active user checked in 2.5 times.
Phase 2 fixes that: scheduled reminders, active onboarding, and check-in frequency written into every contract.
43 Australian nurses, outside any employer.
Nurses who downloaded the app on their own, mostly through The Nurse Collective. A different setting from the live pilot, and the same message: nurses are arriving depleted, and the people around them can't see it.
were unable to deliver safe care at least once in the past month
had considered leaving their role in the past month
of daily check-ins started physically depleted
of those thinking of leaving lacked rest between shifts, against 10% of those staying
Baseline survey n = 23; Daily Check-In n = 21 nurses, 90 check-ins. Self-selected; internal analysis, not peer reviewed.
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Read the full pilot report.
Methodology, specialty and band breakdowns, and the Phase 2 design.