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Behind the Poor Pay and High Turnover Rates of Direct Support Professionals

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The movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all workers is gaining momentum across the nation. In response, many local and state governments are raising their lowest wages above the federal minimum wage set in 2009. Much of the discussion about raising the minimum wage focuses on workers in entry-level positions, especially in fast food.

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The Art of Attracting and Retaining Nurses: Q&A with Talent Advocates from Incredible Health

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Right now, nurses are leaving the bedside at the speed of light. We know it’s happening, but it’s much more difficult to tease apart all the reasons why and make bedside nurses want to stay. There has been lots of talk about bringing new nurses into vacant bedside roles - sign-on bonuses, travel contract pay, crisis pay, etc, but there seems to be a hollow echo in the room discussing how we retain the nurses who have been here all along.

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Meditation Tip of the Week: You Can Meditate!

Minding The Bedside

While most spiritual traditions have contemplative or meditative practices, you don't have to be spiritual to use meditation. All you have to be is.human! The post Meditation Tip of the Week: You Can Meditate! appeared first on Minding The Bedside.

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Providence offers sign-on bonuses of up to $20K to nurses

Providence

October 5, 2021 Plus earn a sign-on bonus of up to $10K for select non-clinical roles or up to $25K for select leadership roles. Nurses play a critical role in delivering world-class health with human connection to all in our communities.

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.

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World Mental Health Day 2021: Addressing Inequities in Care

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Across the world, October 10 is hailed as World Mental Health Day. A program of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), World Mental Health Day has been observed since 1992. WFMH’s mission is to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy and best practices, and recovery-focused interventions worldwide.

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Grow Your Own Home Health Aides To Capture New Business

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Demand for home healthcare continues to rise, and at the same time home health aide staffing remains an ongoing challenge for agency administrators. Recruiting qualified aides is one aspect of the staffing challenge, and high turnover is another. To ensure you can maximize your share of the home health market, consider developing your own pool of home health aides by training them from the ground up.

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Staff Development Vital for Adapting to Shifting Rehab Therapy Needs

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Like all healthcare providers, rehabilitation therapists have had to adapt and adjust to the extraordinary challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. These adaptations transcend immediate issues like COVID-related safety protocols and staffing concerns and have been largely concentrated on rapidly evolving therapy needs. As a post-acute care leader, you must ensure that your staff is competent and flexible enough to meet these changes head on.

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Chief Wellness Officer - More Healthcare Organizations Are Adding CWO’s To Their C-Suite

Diversity Nursing

Even before the pandemic, healthcare providers experienced burnout and other negative mental health issues. Now more than ever, it is critical health systems take steps to support their staff's well-being. Recently, more healthcare organizations have started to hire Chief Wellness Officers (CWO), as a strategy to address burnout, mental health, and compassion fatigue.