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Contributed Content: Boosting Nurse Retention in Younger Generations

Health Leaders | Nursing

Editors note: Cheryl Reinking, DNP, RN , is the chief nursing officer at El Camino Health and has been with El Camino Health for 35 years. El Camino Health’s low turnover rate of eight percent for all nurses is far lower than the national rate of 22.5 These are tactics that we have found appeal to nurses across the board.

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Part 2: 6 Ways CNOs are Improving Teamwork for 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

Amid geopolitical conflict, financial headwinds, and ramped nursing shortages and unrest, there's a lot of healing that needs to happen. That includes getting input from every nursing council on “policy changes, practice changes, even the conversations around virtual nursing.” Starting with the healers.

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Nursing Gig Shifts: What You Need to Know

Diversity Nursing

Millennials, and those even younger, are starting to look at work in a different way,” said Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Betty Jo Rocchio. Among the apps hospitals are adopting are ShiftKey , which lets Nurses bid for shifts, and CareRev , which lets hospitals raise and lower their rates for different shifts.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

They recognized that teamwork, delegation, and communication among RNs, licensed professional nurses (LPNs), and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) must play a role. See A national problem ) A national problem Acute care facilities have long faced a nationwide nursing shortage. J Nurses Prof Dev. In 2022, 46.1%

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What to Look for in a Nurse Residency Program

Minority Nurse

As in most things, getting off to a good start as a nurse can help ensure a long, successful, and satisfying career. With nursing shortages and nurse burnout still taking a tremendous toll on the profession, hospitals must do all they can to ensure new nurses have the tools to succeed. Length of time.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

In response to this feedback, nursing and hospital and developed an in-house training program that reduced the time and costs associated with new PCA education. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that 195,400 RNs will leave the nursing profession from 2021 to 2031. Carol Tierney is associate chief nursing officer.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Many attributes that contribute to successful nursing leadership can be learned and developed over time. So if an aspiring leader still needs to possess the desired qualities, they can acquire them through professional development opportunities such as certifications and continuing education.