March 2, 2017

Blogging can be an innovative tool for nursing educational sharing

Early research suggests that blogs can be an effective means of communicating the latest hospital policies and best practices.

This Week in Nursing

Joint Commission: Leaders are safety culture linchpin

Solid leadership is central to promoting and sustaining a culture of safety in any healthcare organization, The Joint Commission said in a Sentinel Event Alert published Wednesday, reminding leaders that it’s their job to identify and mitigate potential pitfalls on an organizational level.

The Nursing Shortage? It's Complicated

A workforce data analysis predicts a national nursing surplus of 340,000 registered nurses by 2025. But there is more to this story.

Healthgrades names the top 100 hospitals in 2017

Does your facility rank?

Take the Nursing Salary Survey!

The nursing group at HCPro is asking for your candid feedback regarding your experiences as a nursing professional for our Salary Survey benchmarking report. The information you share about your wages and career growth will help others in the field identify ways to advance their own careers. Please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey. The results are confidential; they will be analyzed by members of the nursing community and compiled in a special report to be published later this year.

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Solutions Spotlight

Nursing Orientation Program Builder: Essential Tools for Onboarding, Orientation, and Transition to Practice

The onboarding process can be a make or break period for a new employee. Nursing Orientation Program Builder will help elevate and accelerate this process, reduce the risk of losing new employees, and assist fresh hires to become productive team members. This book provides definitions, tools, and evidence-based strategies and resources to help organizations recruit and retain the best-qualified employees. It supplies a comprehensive onboarding and orientation program, along with methods to measure integration into service and practice.

This book will help you:

Develop a thorough and efficient onboarding process
Accelerate the onboarding process
Ensure successful candidate selection

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