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How nurse managers can improve a hospital’s use of travel nurses
You are used to giving feedback to your full-time nurse staff, but how often are you giving your travel nurses or travel nursing companies feedback? If you already do, that is great, but if not, it may be something you should look at instituting at your hospital. There are benefits for all three if you do. Benefit [...]
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What types of nurse staffing do travel nursing companies provide?
This can be dependent on the company’s size and the number of candidates in their pool, but travel nursing companies normally should be able to provide you with nurse staff for almost all specialties and sub-specialties. Of course they will face similar challenges to you when it comes to harder to find specialists, but the thing [...]
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Phone interview questions to make sure travel nurses will be a cultural fit
Even though travel nurses are only at your hospital for 13 week assignments and a couple of possible extensions, it is still important to make sure they are a good fit for your unit and hospital’s culture. Having travel nurses who are agood fit culturally can help reduce situations where you are forced to fire [...]
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Nursing Staff Management more »
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11 websites to help you keep your nurses from burning out
Dealing with nurse staff that is suffering from burnout is a constant challenge for nurse manager, so we have put together this list of nurse burnout resources for you to refer to when it becomes a challenge in your unit.
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How are you dealing with a more diverse nurse population?
A recent study titled The Registered Nurse Population: Initial Findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses revealed some interesting developments regarding the ever more diverse nursing population. Some of the findings include: Women still outnumber men by 15 to 1 overall, but for nurses who became RNs after 1990, the ratio is only 10 to 1. The [...]
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Nurse leaders are making due and getting better for it
A recent benchmarking survey discussed at The Leaders’ Lounge looked at impact that the economy’s downturn had on nursing units, with some not all too surprising results, but some that do have a direct impact on healthcare staffing, including nurse managers: Cutting back on educational travel Delaying filling open positions Renegotiating supply costs and contracts Cutting back on [...]
