Millennial Nurse Retention Strategies

While nursing shortages and nurse attrition are expensive, healthcare organizations must find ways to attract and retain good, young nurse candidates and groom some of them to fill future leadership roles. We know that high-quality nursing care and engaged nurse employees are crucial for patient satisfaction; with reimbursement often tied to patient satisfaction, the need […]

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Top Ten Trends in Healthcare: A Summer 2018 Look

Every year seems like a tumultuous year for healthcare, as regulatory, IT, labor demands, and national events shape the nation’s largest industry. While there are many new and emerging trends to pay close attention to, these ten may be some of the most pressing in Q3 and Q4 of 2018. 1) Healthcare reform isn’t over, it’s just […]

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Why Are Many Young Nurses Not Applying For Manager Roles?

When about half a million RN’s retire in the next decade, there will be more than just a void in important clinical care positions. These departures will also deplete many of the large pool of U.S. Nurse Managers. It makes sense that young nurses will, or should, apply and fill these voids. But as Tanya Osborne McKenzie, now […]

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9 Leadership Barriers That Charge Nurses Face

In a busy and stressful hospital environment, the role of the Charge Nurse as your frontline leader is very important. Not only are Charge Nurses responsible for providing the same quality care as other nurses, they are also tasked with ensuring that all procedures are running smoothly, that everyone is working together for the best outcome, and that […]

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The Nursing Shortage: Changing Nurse Responsibilities and Competencies

It is hard to imagine that there is an employment group more critical to healthcare than nursing. Nurses are the largest staff pool of the healthcare workforce, and work with every segment of the healthcare delivery system – both providing and coordinating care. Good nurses are in high demand. Some good news is that the number of RNs […]

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8 Steps to Assist Your Newly Hired Nurse Manager

When being promoted into new positions, many Nurse Managers find it tough to transition from individual contributor to manager. The move from clinical practice and bedside nursing to management represents a significant change – and requires different skills. Here are 8 tips to help enable your new Nurse Manager and help her/him achieve early success. 1) Have realistic […]

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Top 7 Concerns of CNOs in 2018

CNOs have a stressful role – it is tough being the biggest advocate for nurses in a healthcare organization, when up to 35% of the staff are nurses. There is a lot at stake and a lot of associates to lead. CNOs are responsible for quality, safety, patient satisfaction, labor, regulatory,  compliance, budgets and the professional advancement of […]

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9 Ways to Transform the Nurse Manager Role – Lets Make It Fun Again!

The move from volume-based care models to outcomes-based care models has changed the role of the Nurse Manager. The role was always tough, but it is more challenging and complex than ever. Today’s Nurse Manager is required to be an expert in quality, staff engagement, patient experience, work culture, regulatory issues, physician relations, compliance and performance improvement. The role […]

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7 Workplace Tactics to Spark Nurse Engagement

Tactics to increase nurse engagement within the nursing field can be divided into two major workplace factors, Compassion Satisfaction and Mattering. As nurse leaders, responsibility for creating and sustaining a positive culture becomes an important and necessary task. By creating an environment where nurses feel Compassion Satisfaction and that they Matter, job satisfaction will increase. Nurses […]

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