Safe Patient-Handling Program "UPLIFTS" Nurse Retention
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A program that promotes nurse safety also can improve retention of older, more experienced nurses.
Recruitment and Retention
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Wisdom at Work
June 1, 2006 | Report
This paper is a response to the current and increasingly daunting crisis resulting from the shortage of nurses. This paper focuses on one approach—the retention of the older nurse to the usual retirement age and even beyond.
Reinventing Management Practices in Long-Term Care
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.
Med School Enrollment Increasing, Schools Adapting to Address Physician Shortage
May 16, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Enrollment at U.S. medical schools is growing, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The annual Medical School Enrollment Survey finds that first-year medical school enrollment is expected to reach 21,376 by ...
Moving on, Up, or Out
November 2, 2009 | Journal Article
To improve retention of second- and third-year RNs, the researchers propose that an advanced residency program be developed to address the changing needs of RNs as they transition from school to the first year of practice and beyond.
TCAB in the Curriculum
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Nursing students need to be taught the guiding principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a nurse-led, quality improvement program, from the first day of nursing school so that their entire education prepares them to work in a collaborative, adaptive environment centered on patient care, according to this article on curriculum and TCAB.
The Business Case for TCAB
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Implementing Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a nurse-led quality initiative which aims to create rapid improvement, resulted in large gains in outcomes and large savings in costs, according to two executives with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of the hospitals participating in the TCAB pilot program.
Program Offers Disadvantaged Teens a Gateway to Health and Science Careers
September 2, 2009 | Journal Article
This article profiles the Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education, a program that helps low-income and minority high school students enter careers in science, medicine and technology.
Recruiting Primary Care Physicians: Away from Specialties and Into Rural Areas
February 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-payi ...
North Carolina's Direct Care Workforce Development Journey
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This case study of Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce specifically focuses on the work of one coalition, the North Carolina Partner Team, which succeeded in bringing together competing stakeholder groups. The coalition's work eventually led to the 2006 passage of the North Carolina New Organization Vision Award.