Nurse Recruitment and Nurse Retention

From Novice to Expert

As a nurse motivational speaker, I had the grand privilege of presenting at Avera Health’s Nursing Conference in South Dakota last week. The highlight of the event was the award ceremony at the end. One award that stood out for me was the Novice to Expert award. This award honors a nurse who has practiced [...]

Who are Your Role Models?

This is the first time in the history of our country that we have 4 generations of nurses all working together. In creating my new keynote, What’s This Generation Coming To? I’ve learned enormous amounts about how we “seasoned” nurses can help retain the “new” ones.
Considering that 20% of first year nurses quit, we need [...]

Make Your Place a 10

One of the best nurse retention tools is to empower your staff to create an environment where others want to work. This is also a powerful nurse recruitment tool.
Think about it. If every staff member took on the responsibility to make just one change that would make a better work environment, what a positive productive [...]

Encourages Your Nurses to Sleep?!

Centra Hospital in Lynchburg VA. had a great idea to care for their nurses. They created a formal sleep education program for new nursing staff. In addition to sleep stategies, all new graduates receive a sleep mask and ear plugs as well as a sleep consultation with Centra’s Sleep Disorders Center.
With so many new nurses [...]

45% of employees plan to change jobs?!

I just read (from the Herman Trend Alert) that, perhaps as a result of fear and/or the current state of the economy, nine out of ten employees in the U.S  “are satisfied with their current work situations.” That’s the good news.

Interestingly, 45 percent plan to change “jobs, careers, or industries” when the [...]