Nursing News: Multi-Skilled Nurses Needed with Higher Healthcare Education
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, April 12th, 2012Many of today’s nursing positions are calling for a higher level of healthcare education and experience with technology. With more candidates in the marketplace and employers requiring specific skill sets, it can be more difficult now to land a nursing position, especially for those directly out of nursing school. Adding business courses, technology education, informatics or even [...]
Nursing News: The Nursing Shortage is NOT Over!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, April 4th, 2012In July 2010, the Tri-Council for Nursing released a statement on Recent Registered Nurse Supply and Demand Projections, which cautioned against statements declaring an end to the nursing shortage. The downturn in the economy led to an easing of the nursing shortage in many parts of the country, a development most analysts believe to be [...]
Nursing News: More Degrees Needed in the Nursing Workforce
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, March 29th, 2012In October 2011, the Institute of Medicine released its landmark report on The Future of Nursing, initiated by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, calling for an increase of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% and doubling the population of nurses with doctoral degrees. The current nursing workforce falls short of these recommendations with 50% of [...]
Healthcare News: Healthcare Industry Is Among the Top 10 Fastest Growing
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, March 21st, 2012According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the healthcare industry is one of the top 10 fastest growing areas for employment over the next decade. More than 14 million jobs were created in healthcare in 2008 and more than 3 million jobs will be healthcare related through 2018.
What does this mean for those of us [...]
Healthcare News: Healthcare CFO’s Understand Importance of Nurse Retention and Nurse Leadership
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, March 14th, 2012There is some recent healthcare news regarding a significant change in the relations between Healthcare CFO’s and CNO’s at hospitals and health
systems. In the past, Finance looked to Nursing to get everything done cheaper. Nursing was a cost to the organization, and nurse leadership wasn’t taken into account. Today Finance better understands that nursing has [...]
