RN Recruitment and Retention Committee: Saving Lives One Nurse at a Time As a recruitment and retention committee, our goal is to attract responsible and respectful nurses, along with retaining the nurses who were already hired. Strategies will be used to entice future employees, as well as the current staff, with incentives. Such incentives may include: benefits, workplace conveniences, flexibility, gaining personal growth, and becoming recognized and appreciated for all of the hard work that is being done. In order to do this, the committee that was created will have to plan meetings to discuss a more enhanced and detailed plan. The number one goal of the group is for staff to be excited to come to work and feeling great when …show more content…
The research will be conducted and gathered before the start of the meeting so the meeting will move smoothly without unnecessary interruptions. Other members who aren’t researching will be responsible for presenting the documentation through the use of a PowerPoint or slideshow, which allows for a better view of the information. Feedback from patients and families is also important to consider when making changes that could affect the quality of care. Therefore, it would be useful to gather as much feedback as possible and use that to make final …show more content…
According to Tubbs (2012), numerous experts advise that the optimum group size appears to be five. This problem-solving group will bring a variety of strengths to the table. Members that are chosen will commit to a two-year term, and at the end of their service will choose their replacement based on the recommended criteria. Attendance is mandatory and will be a vital part of the committee selection process. Potential members will be interviewed and assessed on positive energy and good attitude toward the project at hand. The selection will include two newly hired registered nurses, preferably one male and one female, a recruiting nurse from HR, a manager or coordinator from a nursing unit, and lean facilitator who can keep the meetings on task. After evaluating the prospective team members, an email will be sent to the managers and the employees who are selected. It is imperative that the manager or unit coordinator is aware of the employees’ commitment and need to be scheduled off on the meeting times. The initial meeting will be a long afternoon meeting 12 until 5, lunch will be provided and it will be a relaxed atmosphere. The forthcoming meetings will be monthly, the third Monday of every month at 11 am in the boardroom for approximately one hour. A return email will be expected to confirm the participant is aware of the time and place and will be attending. In the article “Monday
From there, the group would need to discuss budget concerns, space availability, specific reasons there is tension. During the meeting, the group can rate the different changes the agency agreed to implement by difficulty and importance. Each staff member from Bellevue and the Program will be able to provide their thoughts about issues within the clinic and ideas about how they feel it can be improved. As changes start to occur, the staff can be up-to-date on the process through team meetings, so every member is aware of the changes.
There are many major challenges facing the nursing shortage environment today. One of those challenges includes the facility recruitment of registered nurses and then the facility retention of the registered nurses that they have recruited. Factors to consider would be as to why a registered nurse chose to accept a particular job and will they choose to stay at the facility after being given an employment opportunity. A facility’s reputation, union status, autonomy and salary are among some of the factors that influence recruitment. Factors that influence retention includes the inclusion in decision making, practice
Nursing Delegation: A Professional Challenge George S. Diaz Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-103: Transition to the Nursing Profession September 20th 2017 Nursing Delegation: A Professional Challenge The purpose of this paper is to prove delegating effectively will provide positive patient outcome, but if done ineffectively can lead to errors resulting in patient harm or death. Nursing delegation brings upon a shared responsibility to the tasks at hand to those who can do the appropriate work.
• It has potential for the nurses to increase the amount they receive in their quarterly incentive plan
The Salary of an RN is about $36.94 per hour, but the work schedule of a nurse is crazy. Nurses never really get a break especially floor nurses. I have talked to quite a few nurses and they have said that since you don’t truly get a break you tend to gain weight do to constantly eating/snacking. The education needed to be a Registered Nurse would be a Bachelor Degree which is a four year process. To be a Registered Nurse or RN you will need no training. On the job you will administer basic health care which is a temporary health coverage program for low-income, uninsured United States citizens or permanent legal residents of Contra Costa County. As an RN you will being giving patients intravenous medications. An intravenous
There are many different fields to choose from while working as a Registered Nurse. “Registered nurses work in hospitals, physicians' offices, home healthcare services, and nursing care facilities. Others work in correctional facilities, schools, or serve in the military.” (bls.gov). You can also specialize in a specific type of nursing by seeking employment in that individual line of work or by taking a certification test. “The Nursing2011 Salary Survey reports that nurses certified in a specialty earn an average of $10,200 per year more than nurses who are not.” (pncb.org). If you choose to go further with your education you can continue past a bachelor’s degree and get a master’s degree becoming a nurse practitioner.
I am Amanda Selich, 27 years old, and have been living in San Francisco for roughly 10 years. I grew up in the East Bay with my 3 siblings and was raised by a single father. Much of my childhood was spent taking care of my younger siblings. This responsibility was so demanding I was forced to drop out of high school and become their “surrogate mother”. However at the age of 24 I was able to get my GED and finally attend college. In fact this past May I graduated from City College of San Francisco with highest honors in Science and Math.
The nurse manager I selected to interview is a Baccalaureate degree nurse and has attended several in-house training sessions related to her position within the hospital. She attended Lenoir Rhyne University to obtain her BSN and has been employed with the institution for 13 years and has been in nursing for nearly 20 years. She is currently certified as a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) and is also a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. The Hospital that she is employed with is a private hospital she manages a 15 bed emergency department and 6 bed express care facility, which also holds several involuntary commitments for several hours at a time waiting on placement.
There are 50 States that regulate the licensing of Registered Nurses. The Board of Registered
When deciding to advance a nursing career from registered nurse to an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or APRN, there are many avenues to choose from. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is a broad term for a Registered Nurse who has obtained at least a Master’s Degree in Nursing. Every nurse has different interests, and reasons for the type of nursing they choose; as well as strong suits in his or her specialty. For this reason it is important to research all education categories of APRNs. Categories of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing include Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Each type of Advanced Practice Nurse has a broad scope of practice, giving a Registered Nurse who is looking to
The meeting is set up to go for two days and the agenda is set up to go through each person at a fast pace but allowing for a thorough discussion on each matter. I watched the meeting on Thursday September 17, 2015 from 12pm-4pm and was able to understand the importance of the actions as a nurse and
Increasing acuity and rising complexity of acute-care patient populations, lack of a standard national nurse residency program, low job satisfaction scores of graduate nurses, and a high turnover rate of graduate nurses are a few of the important factors that led to the creation of the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) national nurse residency program (NRP).
With the ongoing changes in the healthcare field, nursing workforce retention presents itself as one of the greatest challenges facing healthcare systems today. According to the American Nursing Association, nursing turnover is a multi-faceted issue which impacts the financial stability of the facility, the quality of patient care and has a direct affect on the other members of the nursing staff (ANA, 2014). The cost to replace a nurse in a healthcare facility ranges between $62,100 to $67,100 (ANA, 2014). The rising problem with nursing retention will intensify the nursing shortage, which has been projected to affect the entire nation, not just isolated areas of the country, gradually increasing in its scope from 2009 to 2030 (Rosseter,
It takes a lot to faze me, blood, guts and bodily fluids are of no exception. I'm looking into the health field, as a registered nurse. My ASVAB score pointed to more of a social and realistic career, which pointed to more health related careers. I'm currently in the Lycoming Career Technology Center for health careers and I'm in my third year. I knew I wanted to pursue a career in field and I knew it would be a Nurse. Being in any occupation of the health field isn't easy the same goes for nurses. Countless hours of college education, repetitive relearning classes, semi-high salary and long hours, doesn't sound fun for some, but for me, it sounds great.
Between you and I we have said it all, you brought up the element of putting more doctors into the system, however, I read one study that stated MDs would rather work in major cities and not small towns. So, I believe the shortage will be handled by Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs).