Managing Healthcare Staffing Needs
The nation's largest provider of high-quality healthcare professionals, AMN Healthcare offers
a unique feature for nursing management professionals, called
Management Perspective,
which offers tips and ideas by industry experts with regard to various aspects of staff
management and other related areas.
Latest Management Perspectives
Nursing: THE Recession Proof Profession
Read anything about recession-proof jobs today and nursing is at or near the top of the list. We are in the throes of the most serious nursing shortage in history – today's count is close to 125,000 hospital positions vacant across the country.
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Old is New: Transitioning the Older New Graduate RN into Practice
Twenty years ago, the average age of a new graduate nurse was 24. Today, it is 30. While the age difference in years doesn't seem vast, it often translates into additional work experience and expectations. New nurses have different dreams and demands and require a different workplace environment. Generation X is coming; is nursing ready? With a systemized approach to transitioning new nurses to the workplace, it can be.
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Managing Patient Identification: The Right Patient, Every Time
In any unit, one of the most important safety checks is making sure the right patient receives the right treatment. The Joint Commission knows the importance of identifying each patient before tests are run, medications are administered or procedures are performed. Being able to locate the proper identification in a timely fashion to guarantee patient safety is absolutely critical in medical error prevention.
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National Patient Safety Goals for 2008
Healthcare environments are swamped with information. We educate on organizational information. We educate on clinical processes, procedures, policies and resources. We educate on new program implementations. The problem is, none of this matters if we don't educate on safety.
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Managing Mistakes: Learning From Them
When it comes to patient safety, we all have memories of events that are unsettling. Medical mistakes occur and are often tragic. What would be worse is if we did not learn for them.
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