Nurse Recruitment and Nurse Retention

Nursing Shortage Going From Bad to Worse!

We’ve likely all heard the prediction that we will be short 500,000  nurses within the next ten years.
So I was shocked when I read that the Department of Health and Human Services statistics say we will have 1.2 million RN vacancies by 2014! That’s just 5 years away!
Just when we Baby Boomers need the [...]

How Do We Find Life Balance in These Chaotic Times?

As school starts and we begin signing our kids up for things, let’s pay attention to not over-scheduling them.
I overheard “soccer moms” talking about hauling their kids to soccer practice, and piano lessons, and karate and Girl Scouts and…then they have to go to work as a nurse!
Keeping a balance between involvement and insanity becomes [...]

What if Everybody Wanted to Work Nights and Holidays?

It’s rare that a nurse actually WANTS to work nights or holidays. Deciding who works the unpopular shifts is a cause of stress and disharmony sometimes.

I was recently doing a nurse recruitment and retention event at a hospital when they told me about their program of “Bid-shifts.” Nurse earn points for each extra [...]