What to Keep Your Experienced Nurses? Boost Their Morales!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, October 15th, 2009Experienced 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 [...]
Nursing Shortage Going From Bad to Worse!
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, September 23rd, 2009We’ve likely all heard the prediction that we will be short 500,000Â 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?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, August 30th, 2009As 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?
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, June 12th, 2009It’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 [...]
