Nurse Recruitment and Nurse Retention

School Nurses Need Help!

I’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

Despite 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 [...]

You Must See this Pink Glove Dance!

A friend sent a link for me to watch the Pink Glove Dance. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland choreographed a dance performed by employees, as a breast cancer awareness event.I was so enthralled with the involvement of every department…talk about employee engagement! When I called the CNO, Martie Moore to compliment her, she [...]

Why Do You Want to be a Nurse?

I 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

Despite 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 [...]