How To Take Care of Nurses
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPLast week I had the honor of speaking at Hancock Regional Medical Center in Greenfield, Indiana. Their entire administrative team and even the Hospital Board is committed to caring for nurses!
One of the criteria for the Pathways to Excellence designation is work/life balance. Rarely have I seen a hospital so committed to providing that for [...]
School Nurses Need Help!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPI’m thrilled to be the opening Keynote speaker for the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) on June 29th.
NASN
is the leader in advocacy for student health and professional
development of school nurses. Every child deserves a school nurse. Yet the caseload assignments for school nurses vary greatly throughout
the United States. Historically, the federal government and the
National [...]
Recession or Not..We Are Short of Nurses
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPDespite the recession, most hospital executives believe there are still too few physicians and nurses in the United States, and the shortages will grow worse if access to healthcare becomes universal.
In a survey of 285 hospital chief executive officers conducted by AMN Healthcare, the nation’s largest health care staffing company, 95 percent of hospital CEOs [...]
Why Do You Want to be a Nurse?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPI just read the the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics says we’ll need 24% more nurses in the next 6 years! Mindful of the worst job market in more than 25 years, many students enrolling in colleges and universities are considering majors that they believe will land them stable careers…that’s why many choose nursing.
But it [...]
Recession or Not..We Are Still Short of Nurses
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPDespite the recession, most hospital executives believe there are still too few physicians and nurses in the United States, and the shortages will grow worse if access to healthcare becomes universal.
In a survey of 285 hospital chief executive officers conducted by AMN Healthcare, the nation’s largest healthcare staffing company, 95 percent of hospital CEOs said [...]