Millions of Jobs in Healthcare!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPWhile many jobs were lost last year, jobs in health care fields actually increased. Over the last eight years, of the 3 million new jobs in the private sector, 2.5 million of those were related to health care.
Experts agree this trend will continue. And the good news is, health care jobs can’t be outsourced like [...]
Should You Bathe Your Patients?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPBecause nurses are so busy doing high-tech care, sometimes we delegate the bathing of patients to nursing assistants. (what would we do without them?!) Yet, by doing so we are missing important opportunities to assess our patients.
Helping patients with personal hygiene lets nurses use all their assessment, observational and communication skills. We discover how well [...]
Make Your Place a 10
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPOne 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?!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPCentra 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 [...]
What to Keep Your Experienced Nurses? Boost Their Morales!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSPExperienced nurses provide quick and accurate assessments of patient health and well-being, mentor less experienced staff, maintain institutional memory, and perform numerous other vital functions.
As the population ages, and the baby boomers need more hospital care, retaining veteran nurses will be even more critical. But today’s nursing workforce is also aging, and numerous surveys find [...]