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Improve interviewing and hiring skills

Although selecting new staff to add to the team is one of the most important roles nurse managers play in relation to recruitment and retention, their interview skills typically are not addressed. Nurse managers often are assumed to have such skills when they do not. Therefore, an important part of developing nurse managers is to help them acquire the skills to choose appropriate staff.
 

Nurse retention strategies: Formal recognition

Part of the challenge of recognizing staff performance is understanding its importance and making it a priority, taking the time to think about it and doing it as often as possible. Creating a structure for formal staff recognition in organizations, departments, and units can ensure staff get recognized on an ongoing basis.
 

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The Effective Preceptor Handbook for Nurses

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