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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Travel nurses are great at stepping in right away and helping out. But any little thing you as a nurse manager can do to help speed up that process will help her acclimate faster and in the end help your unit perform better. Integrating a travel nurse into your unit is really just a matter of [...]
With all the new shows based around nurses that came out this televesion season I wondered about your take on them now that a lot of the hoopla has died down. I actually haven’t seen them myself, but I have read a lot of negative opinions about them. And from what I have seen and read they just seem to be playing off of exisiting stereotypes and creating false expectations for young nurses or those looking into the career.
I just read an article about an initiative in New Jersey led by the New Jersey Hospital Association’s Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at educating and supporting nurses so they can increase the amount of time they spend at with patients and in the process improving their job satisfaction. In turn this should help address the nursing shortage by stopping or at least slowing down the leaving of nurses from the profession.
A lot apparently.
In an article about the patient experience from HealthLeaders Media, Gar Crispell, general manager for American Girl, talked about the ways that the American Girl Doll Hospital works to provide a great patient experience for the dolls that visit it and their owners. One thing that the article mentions is their consistency and how they strive to delight with each interaction. If you want to see what that kind of patient experience brings just go to YouTube and look at all the “American Girl Doll back from the hospital videos” are out there. These are little girls who love their dolls and take the time to film and upload a video about it when they get them back.
I posted about this over at TravelNursingBlogs.com too, but thought it would also be worth mentioning here too. The Gel (Good Experience Live) Conference is on Thursday, October 22, 2009 (and optional 2nd day: Fri, Oct 23) in New York City. It brings experts on the patient experience together to put on a series of talks on the patient [...]
I came across an article on HealthLeadersMedia.com the other day about nurses at Arundel Medical Center using their artistic touch to liven up patients rooms that were undergoing renovations, by painting uplifting scenes on the windows that were covered top protect patients from viewing the bright lights from the welders. Staff, patients and visitors all said [...]
When I was a kid I was promised by the media and entertainment industries two things, we would all wear the same clothes with metallic rings around the shoulders and we all would have robots helping us by the year 2000. I am still waiting on the uniform, but the robot thing may be getting closer. [...]
