Nurse Recruitment and Nurse Retention

The Future of Nursing

In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM)  launched a two-year initiative to assess and transform the nursing profession, to create a blueprint for the future of nursing.
Through its deliberations, the committee developed four key messages:

Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and [...]

How Can Nurses Give Better Care?

Every nurse wants to provide optimal patient care. Yet, on average, nurses spend just 30% of their time doing so.
Pat Rutherford, MS, RN,  Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has several suggestions.
One strategy that makes a great difference is decreasing redundant documentation.
Another is moving supplies and equipment closer to where nurses are using [...]

Do We Need Better Nursing Rations to Give Better Patient Care?

Some regions of the country are trying to mandate nursing ratios to ensure adequate patient care. While those favoring mandated ratios are well-intended, Pat Rutherford, MS, RN, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (www.ihi.org)
thinks the strategy and methodology are flawed.
She contends that we need to optimize the working conditions for the nursing resources we currently [...]

Nursing Shortage Looms

The nursing shortage is not new to the nation’s health care industry. We’ve seen several nursing shortages since World War II.
But even with a recent increase in nurses entering the work force, estimates for the next shortfall are significant.
Peter Buerhaus, professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University, wrote in a recent issue of the online medical [...]

$3 Million in Grants Help End the Nursing Shortage

On August 5th, 2010 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they awarded just over $3 million through 16 grants to support health care nursing workforce training programs at five Washington state universities. Grants were issued to the University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Seattle University, and [...]