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The Best Places to Work in Health Care Revealed
Nov. 6, 2009 - For the second year in a row, Modern Healthcare magazine has announced its rankings of the 100 “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” The annual awards program, conducted in partnership with the Best Companies Group, recognizes workplaces that enable employees to perform at their optimum level to provide patients and customers with the best possible care and services.
Perks or Practice Environment? Shift Seen in What Nurses Value Most
Nov. 6, 2009 - While pay and benefits remain important to nurses, they may not hold the sway they once had, with some employers finding nurses more interested in good places to practice, participation in decision making and opportunities for career growth.
NJHA Launches Major Nursing Initiative
Nov. 5, 2009 - With an ongoing nursing shortage, a major transformation in the nursing work environment is needed so that healthcare facilities can continue to provide safe, effective quality care to patients. To help address this issue, the New Jersey Hospital Association's Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has launched a major three-year initiative, Transforming Care at the Bedside, that will train and support nurses so they can spend more time with their patients while increasing job satisfaction.
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin as U.S. Surgeon General
Nov. 2, 2009 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation’s Surgeon General.
California Nurses Plan to Strike; Hospital Association Asks Them Not To
Oct. 30, 2009 - As many as 16,000 registered nurses from three large Catholic hospital chains in California and Nevada plan to join a one-day strike and picket October 30, as RNs step up the protest over poor readiness by many hospitals to confront the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced.