A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine based on the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) looked at the perceptions of patients’ experiences at hospitals and found that the characteristics of hospitals that cause high nurse staffing levels may also be the same elements associated with good patient experiences.
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I just read an interesting article in Managed Executive Healthcare about ways to improve your methods for finding new healthcare talent. There were a lot of great take aways, including evaluating talent beyond technical skills, understanding the real reasons people are leaving your hospital and interviewing properly. You can read it here, but one area [...]

As you face the day to day challenges of staffing your hospital facility, one area you may not always consider is the way it is affecting the mindset of your current nursing staff. A recent study by the American Nurses Association looked at this issue specifically and came to some disturbing, but probably not too [...]

According to a recent story in the New York Times, low staffing levels in facilities combined with the nationwide nursing shortage increase the risk of an assault. The article also notes that nurses and other personal care workers suffer injuries from these attacks at a rate 12 times higher than the overall private sector.
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