Nurses are in high-demand, and you need to promote your organization as an employer of choice. You can attract the right talent by optimizing your job postings to better connect with nurses’ values and professional desires.
Improving your process for recruiting nurses starts with healthcare recruiters working closely with hiring managers to develop a strong requisition when the position first opens.
If you look at our top blog posts of 2018, you’ll see how hiring the right healthcare talent is key to successful workforce management. Read them all here!
What can a healthcare organization learn from major catastrophes like Deep Water Horizon and Three Mile Island? We take a look at how little, seemingly innocuous mistakes tend to snowball into disasters and what hospitals and other care providers can learn from them, here.
Nurse recognition and compassionate care are key beliefs both for The DAISY Foundation and HealthcareSource. Learn why these organizations are working together.
Nurses Week is a great time to examine if your organization is doing all it can to create an environment where nurses want to work, thrive, and grow their careers. Our Nurse Engagement Toolkit gives healthcare talent management professionals resources for creating a culture and employer brand that will help you continue to attract, source, align, and develop highly engaged nursing teams.
In today’s market where a third of hospitals have an RN vacancy rate of more than 10% (according to Compdata Surveys), healthcare talent management professionals need to examine their organizations to see if their culture is doing its job. Does your culture attract nurse candidates, or is it driving away some of the nurses you already have? Take our quiz to find out if your team is creating an organizational culture that attracts and retains top nursing talent!
Competition for top-flight nurses in today’s market is tight. As a healthcare recruiter, you need to realize high-quality candidates consider more than wages or salary when choosing which organization to join. Learn about five of the most important culture and engagement factors nurses weigh when deciding between potential employers, and integrate them into your nurse recruitment strategies.
Employee turnover not only has a significant impact on patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes; it also comes at a high price. It is estimated that every percentage point increase in nurse turnover costs an average hospital about $300,000 annually. So how do you keep these sought-after RNs from seeking employment elsewhere? By making it desirable to stay. Here are four proactive measures for healthcare talent management professionals to consider adopting to recruit and retain engaged nurses who love their job and stay long term.
In 1902, Susan B. Anthony suggested that a “day will come when nurses will be university prepared.” As evidenced by this quote, the debate over the educational preparation of RNs has raged on for over a century. Despite Anthony’s prediction, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — only about 50 percent of the nation’s 2.8
