Industry News & Research
November 14, 2006
HealthLeaders
Growth, Excellence, and Effectiveness: Why Leading with Quality Is the Strategy of the Future in Healthcare
Lead or follow? Hospitals have long relied on a straightforward formula of clinical care, patient service, efficiency and top-down decision making to help generate financial results and positive impact in the community--with at times variable outcomes. Historically, quality has been lost in the shuffle. ...
Growth, Excellence, and Effectiveness: Why Leading with Quality Is the Strategy of the Future in Healthcare
Lead or follow? Hospitals have long relied on a straightforward formula of clinical care, patient service, efficiency and top-down decision making to help generate financial results and positive impact in the community--with at times variable outcomes. Historically, quality has been lost in the shuffle. ...
September 18, 2006
Advance for Nurses
Retaining Older RNs
Retaining older RNs can ease nursing shortage; however, the process must start with improving working conditions. Older RNs possess valuable skills and knowledge that must be captured to ensure quality patient care. An overwhelming 49 percent of the RN workforce is from the baby boom generation...
Retaining Older RNs
Retaining older RNs can ease nursing shortage; however, the process must start with improving working conditions. Older RNs possess valuable skills and knowledge that must be captured to ensure quality patient care. An overwhelming 49 percent of the RN workforce is from the baby boom generation...
September, 2006
The Business of Caring
Strong Working Relationships Between CFOs and Nurse Executives Make Good Business Sense
Building a close, collaborative relationship between nursing and finance pays off in the long run, say CFOs and nurse executives. When finance understands some of the intricacies of patient acuity and volumes, it is much easier to set realistic productivity targets or hire additional RNs. ...
Strong Working Relationships Between CFOs and Nurse Executives Make Good Business Sense
Building a close, collaborative relationship between nursing and finance pays off in the long run, say CFOs and nurse executives. When finance understands some of the intricacies of patient acuity and volumes, it is much easier to set realistic productivity targets or hire additional RNs. ...
June 12, 2006
Modern Healthcare
Wisdom at Work: The Importance of Older and Experienced Nurse in the Workplace
Older nurses are more likely to stay on the job if they have flexible schedules and ergonomic workplaces, besides the incentives of good pay and attractive retirement plans, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study. The report included results from a survey about nurses' job satisfaction and plans to leave an employer or the profession. Some 99% of the 377 nurses surveyed reported being satisfied or very satisfied with their job. However, 33% of nurses 40 or younger planned to stay with their employer, compared with only 12% of nurses older than 40. The survey was conducted at seven-hospital system Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, N.M., and had a response rate of 19%. Respondents identified pay, benefits and flexible schedules as the three most important incentives for staying.
Wisdom at Work: The Importance of Older and Experienced Nurse in the Workplace
Older nurses are more likely to stay on the job if they have flexible schedules and ergonomic workplaces, besides the incentives of good pay and attractive retirement plans, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study. The report included results from a survey about nurses' job satisfaction and plans to leave an employer or the profession. Some 99% of the 377 nurses surveyed reported being satisfied or very satisfied with their job. However, 33% of nurses 40 or younger planned to stay with their employer, compared with only 12% of nurses older than 40. The survey was conducted at seven-hospital system Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, N.M., and had a response rate of 19%. Respondents identified pay, benefits and flexible schedules as the three most important incentives for staying.
June 12, 2006
Government Health IT
Nurses Want To Be Part of Health IT Planning
Nurses believe health IT can improve patient care but say that if hospital managers and government policymakers continue to exclude them from designing and planning decisions, new health care delivery systems will not be as effective as possible ...
Nurses Want To Be Part of Health IT Planning
Nurses believe health IT can improve patient care but say that if hospital managers and government policymakers continue to exclude them from designing and planning decisions, new health care delivery systems will not be as effective as possible ...
May, 2006
HealthLeaders
The Nursing Dilemma
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities struggling to answer the fiscal and logistical questions created by the ongoing nursing shortage face a growing dilemma. Evidence continues to mount that boosting nurse-staffing ratios is beneficial to patients, providers and nurses alike, but what’s the tipping point between cost and quality? ...
The Nursing Dilemma
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities struggling to answer the fiscal and logistical questions created by the ongoing nursing shortage face a growing dilemma. Evidence continues to mount that boosting nurse-staffing ratios is beneficial to patients, providers and nurses alike, but what’s the tipping point between cost and quality? ...
April 17 , 2006
GSA Business
Upstate nurse hiring, retention critical
Softer, foam floors are being installed to accommodate the long hours nurses spend on their feet at Greenville Hospital System. Care stations are being placed between every four patient rooms to reduce the amount of walking during rounds. ...
Upstate nurse hiring, retention critical
Softer, foam floors are being installed to accommodate the long hours nurses spend on their feet at Greenville Hospital System. Care stations are being placed between every four patient rooms to reduce the amount of walking during rounds. ...
March 17, 2006
baltimoresun.com
Nurses to go
Traveling medical personnel command top dollar and, for some, follow-the-sun benefits as they relieve shortages in the nation's hospitals. Karen Feury has wintered in Florida and summered on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. ...
Nurses to go
Traveling medical personnel command top dollar and, for some, follow-the-sun benefits as they relieve shortages in the nation's hospitals. Karen Feury has wintered in Florida and summered on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. ...
January 30, 2006
Detriot Free Press
Nurses ache for aid
U.S. hospitals could avoid as many as 6,700 patient deaths, 70,400 complications and 4 million days of hospital care if they hired more registered nurses and increased the hours of nursing care per patient, according to a new study in the January issue of Health Affairs. ...
Nurses ache for aid
U.S. hospitals could avoid as many as 6,700 patient deaths, 70,400 complications and 4 million days of hospital care if they hired more registered nurses and increased the hours of nursing care per patient, according to a new study in the January issue of Health Affairs. ...
January 9, 2006
modernhealthcare.com
What really matters most
Money woes continued to trouble hospital chief executives in 2005 despite the industry's record-high profits in 2004 and its strong showing last year with lenders and investors. For the third year, hospital chief executive officers surveyed by the American College ...
What really matters most
Money woes continued to trouble hospital chief executives in 2005 despite the industry's record-high profits in 2004 and its strong showing last year with lenders and investors. For the third year, hospital chief executive officers surveyed by the American College ...
January 6, 2006
Philadelphia Business Journal
Looking locally for nurse
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, not immune to the national shortage of nurses, is searching for a cure close to home. The health-care system has forged a partnership with nearby LaSalle University to recruit and train local students interested in careers in nursing. ...
Looking locally for nurse
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, not immune to the national shortage of nurses, is searching for a cure close to home. The health-care system has forged a partnership with nearby LaSalle University to recruit and train local students interested in careers in nursing. ...
January, 2006
Monster.com
Parent Shifts Draw Nurses Back to Work
What if you could drop off your children at school, work a shift at the hospital, then be back to greet your kids after classes? Such parent work shifts are ideal for nurses who want to keep a toe in the working world without sacrificing time with their kids. ...
Parent Shifts Draw Nurses Back to Work
What if you could drop off your children at school, work a shift at the hospital, then be back to greet your kids after classes? Such parent work shifts are ideal for nurses who want to keep a toe in the working world without sacrificing time with their kids. ...
December 5, 2005
bizjournals.com
Hospitals adopt flexible schedules for temporary nurses
When a set of skills is in high demand, employers often become more flexible about work schedules and long-term commitments. That's why nurses have a lot of options today if they insist on fitting their hospital duties around family commitments...
Hospitals adopt flexible schedules for temporary nurses
When a set of skills is in high demand, employers often become more flexible about work schedules and long-term commitments. That's why nurses have a lot of options today if they insist on fitting their hospital duties around family commitments...
November 23, 2005
Los Angeles Times, latimes.com
Search for Nurses in California Is Feverish
The pay is high and the come-ons are extreme as hospitals face a new staffing requirement. Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals...
Search for Nurses in California Is Feverish
The pay is high and the come-ons are extreme as hospitals face a new staffing requirement. Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals...
May 15, 2005
HealthLeaders
Acute Nurse Shortage Sends Recruiters On Prowl
Done up for a job interview in a pastel dress with a corsage for good measure, Charmaine Balfour approached the New Britain Hospital table and quietly told the recruiter she's interested in a nursing job in a cardiac unit. ...
Acute Nurse Shortage Sends Recruiters On Prowl
Done up for a job interview in a pastel dress with a corsage for good measure, Charmaine Balfour approached the New Britain Hospital table and quietly told the recruiter she's interested in a nursing job in a cardiac unit. ...
May 15, 2005
PittsburghLIVE.com
Nurses an increasingly rare breed
Hospitals across the nation—including those in Pennsylvania—could be on the verge of a perfect storm as they struggle to find and keep good nurses, according to experts who describe it as a race against time. ...
Nurses an increasingly rare breed
Hospitals across the nation—including those in Pennsylvania—could be on the verge of a perfect storm as they struggle to find and keep good nurses, according to experts who describe it as a race against time. ...
March 21, 2005
Bizjournals
Lawmakers eye limit on nursing overtime
Paula Anderson hopes the timing is right for federal and state legislation that would prohibit hospitals from forcing nurses to work overtime. Such a ban is needed to ensure the safety of patients and nurses...
Lawmakers eye limit on nursing overtime
Paula Anderson hopes the timing is right for federal and state legislation that would prohibit hospitals from forcing nurses to work overtime. Such a ban is needed to ensure the safety of patients and nurses...
February 7, 2005
Bizjournals
Physicians must help avert looming shortage of nurses
Could there be a group of professionals with any greater stake in solving the nursing shortage than physicians? Clearly, the stakes are high for physicians as the increasing reality of a nurse shortage unfolds. ...
Physicians must help avert looming shortage of nurses
Could there be a group of professionals with any greater stake in solving the nursing shortage than physicians? Clearly, the stakes are high for physicians as the increasing reality of a nurse shortage unfolds. ...
August 12 , 2004
Morgan Stanley Report
ANA Conf. Call: RN Shortage will get worse before it gets better
Morgan Stanley hosted a call with the president of the American Nurses Association, discussing topics that ranged from causes of and solutions to the current nursing shortage to the ANA’s view on mandated nurse staffing ratios.
ANA Conf. Call: RN Shortage will get worse before it gets better
Morgan Stanley hosted a call with the president of the American Nurses Association, discussing topics that ranged from causes of and solutions to the current nursing shortage to the ANA’s view on mandated nurse staffing ratios.
June 6, 2004
New York Times
Nurses Bid With Their Pay in Auctions for Extra Work
Every two weeks, Tiffany Clark, a registered nurse, logs onto her hospital's Web site and enters a bidding war with her co-workers. Ms. Clark usually works three 12-hour days a week and is paid $20.11 an hour. But she can bid for more hours ...
Nurses Bid With Their Pay in Auctions for Extra Work
Every two weeks, Tiffany Clark, a registered nurse, logs onto her hospital's Web site and enters a bidding war with her co-workers. Ms. Clark usually works three 12-hour days a week and is paid $20.11 an hour. But she can bid for more hours ...
May 25, 2004
ANA Nursing World
Connecticut is 10th State to Limit Mandatory Overtime
Legislation was signed into law on May 19, 2004 that will place limits on overtime in hospitals for nurses and require the Commissioner of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. ...
Connecticut is 10th State to Limit Mandatory Overtime
Legislation was signed into law on May 19, 2004 that will place limits on overtime in hospitals for nurses and require the Commissioner of Public Health to adopt regulations establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. ...
May 28, 2004
Denver Business Journal
Nursing shortage critical part of rising health costs
A recent article by the Physicians for a National Health Program said, "Medical bills will become the number one cause of bankruptcy in America if administrative costs are not curbed and insurance coverage is not made more available." ...
Nursing shortage critical part of rising health costs
A recent article by the Physicians for a National Health Program said, "Medical bills will become the number one cause of bankruptcy in America if administrative costs are not curbed and insurance coverage is not made more available." ...
May 12, 2004
HealthLeaders
A Nurse's Viewpoint: Knowing What Nurses Want
Nurses are working under staggering conditions today as daily patient loads increase and care becomes more complex. Nurse satisfaction and job satisfaction remain pivotal to nurse retention and patient care...
A Nurse's Viewpoint: Knowing What Nurses Want
Nurses are working under staggering conditions today as daily patient loads increase and care becomes more complex. Nurse satisfaction and job satisfaction remain pivotal to nurse retention and patient care...
Mar 29, 2004
Kansas City Star (KansasCity.com)
Nurse shortage can be hazardous to health
Becky Hartman will tell you how crucial it is for a hospital to have enough nurses. When she rushed her mother to a Wichita, Kan., hospital, an ER doctor quickly sized up the older woman as another pneumonia case...
Nurse shortage can be hazardous to health
Becky Hartman will tell you how crucial it is for a hospital to have enough nurses. When she rushed her mother to a Wichita, Kan., hospital, an ER doctor quickly sized up the older woman as another pneumonia case...
Dec 8, 2003
CBSNew.com
Nurses Pick Pay and Shifts Online
Registered nurse Julie Hill picks her own hours and pay by bidding on work shifts over the Internet - a kind of employment eBay that some hospitals are using to ease a growing nursing shortage...
Oct 30 , 2002
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction
The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and a growing hospital nurse shortage...
Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction
The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and a growing hospital nurse shortage...
Aug 6, 2002
JCAHO
Health Care at the Crossroads
Nearly every person’s every health care experience involves the contribution of a registered nurse. ...Few professions offer such a special opportunity for meaningful work as nursing. Yet, this country is facing a growing shortage of registered nurses. ...
Health Care at the Crossroads
Nearly every person’s every health care experience involves the contribution of a registered nurse. ...Few professions offer such a special opportunity for meaningful work as nursing. Yet, this country is facing a growing shortage of registered nurses. ...
July 30, 2002
US Department of Health Services
Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortages of Registered Nurses: 2000-2020
In 2000, the National supply of FTE registered nurses was estimated at 1.89 million while the demand was estimated at 2 million, a shortage of 110,000 or 6%. ...The shortage is expected to grow relatively slowly until 2010, by which time it will have reached 12%. ...
Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortages of Registered Nurses: 2000-2020
In 2000, the National supply of FTE registered nurses was estimated at 1.89 million while the demand was estimated at 2 million, a shortage of 110,000 or 6%. ...The shortage is expected to grow relatively slowly until 2010, by which time it will have reached 12%. ...