Hospital Recruiting Update Archives – June 1, 2003
June 1, 2003
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Looking for good workers? Check welfare
While many folks are having trouble finding work, many hospitals are having trouble finding employees. But while it might seem like a simple task to take out-of-work folks and slot them into jobs at hospitals, it isnt that simple. Or at least, it isnt at most facilities. But at Exempla HealthCare in Colorado, a welfare-to-work program called WorkStart has paid off in spades for the system. -
The future of recruitment and retention is technology
In science fiction, there is an oft-repeated theme of machines rising up and taking the place of humans, leading to a battle pitting technology against life. But ask hospital executives and even frontline health care workers what technology could mean to them in the future and most will respond positively. The potential for increased efficiency, less paperwork, and more time for direct patient care could only be appealing to them. -
Create a great work environment, win national award
Sure, an award is great recognition, and a national award is even nicer. But asked about how she felt winning the Organizational Innovation Nurse Director Award from the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Carla Borchardt, MS, RN, BC, director of Professional Practice and Magnet Project director at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, talks more about the honor the award bestows upon the hospital and her peers. -
In brief: What would make older nurses stay at work?
The Commission on Workplace Advocacy is working to determine what can be done to retain the mature/experienced nurse in the work force and find ways to aid nurses in their transition from employment to retirement. -
Blues and college system combat worker shortage
In hopes of averting a looming crisis that threatens to restrict access to quality health care, several Maine organizations have teamed up to work collaboratively to address the shortage of nurses and other health care workers. -
Facts behind the nursing shortage in Maine
Maine hospitals reported an 8.3% vacancy rate for registered nurses and 13.3% for radiological technicians in 2002, according to the Maine Hospital Association in Augusta. -
Mental health care workers next in line for shortage
A new study is painting a bleak picture for mental health care in California in the next decade. Published by the University of California, San Francisco Center for the Health Professions, the study shows demand for mental health care will rise by as much as 30% in the next 10 years and there may not be enough workers to fill the need. -
Businesses and health care join forces
If businesses and communities worked with hospitals, there would be fewer serious shortages of health care workers, says a new study by the VHA Health Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. -
In brief: States respond to work force shortages
A new survey released by the Bureau of Health Professions at the Health Resource and Services Administration reports that 44 states have convened task forces or commissions to study health care work force shortages.