Workforce Planning
Nurse Staffing Shortage in Texas: Why it’s Important to Have a Plan to Close the Gap
The nursing staffing shortage in Texas is a growing concern that needs to be addressed urgently. According to Projections Central, Texas is projected to have 16,210 nursing positions available between 2020 and 2030, making it the second highest state in demand for nurses, after California. However, according to the Texas Health and Human Services’ report,…
Read MoreTreat the Healthcare Job Skills Gap Dilemma with Effective Nursing and Medical Technologist Education
The skills and training job seekers have often doesn’t match the experience required for specialized jobs in the emerging economy. This difference between the skills that employers are looking for and the training and experience that candidates possess is called the “skills gap.” How the Skills Gap Affects Healthcare Professional Retention As a nurse, I…
Read MoreInternational Nurses to Medical Technologists: The Need for Healthcare Diversity
Diversity impacts healthcare on many levels, from the care provider (healthcare professional) to the healthcare recipient (consumer). As it relates to the care provider, diversity and inclusion must begin during the recruitment of hospital or lab staff. Organizations need to step back and assess their efforts to ensure that the same opportunities are available to…
Read MorePandemic to Endemic: Taking Care of Our Healthcare Professionals
Pandemics are a pervasive, rapid spread of disease, with exponentially rising cases over a large area. Endemic viruses, meanwhile, are constantly present and have predictable spread. That predictability allows healthcare systems and doctors to prepare and adapt, reducing loss of life. The Impact of the Pandemic on Healthcare Professionals During the pandemic, more focus was…
Read MoreCan Nurses Make a Difference in Health Equity?
Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status across various social groups and their access and achievement of optimal health, which unfortunately is often the root cause of unfair and avoidable disparities in health outcomes. The dimensions of social identity and location that organize or “structure” differential access to opportunities for health include race…
Read MoreStabilization of the Healthcare Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every single person in one way or another, leaving no one unscathed. Healthcare and the healthcare system alike have been directly affected and forever changed, not to mention the heavy toll placed on healthcare workers especially. According to a recent survey conducted by Nursing Standard, eight out of ten nurses…
Read MoreThe New Gap in Healthcare
Normally, healthcare worker, nurses, therapists, etc., complete classroom and also in-person practical clinical training as part of their education to practice their specific profession. During the initial onset of the COVID pandemic, we witnessed healthcare facilities reaching out and directly recruiting new nursing graduates, many even prior to graduation and without practical clinical experience, to…
Read MoreDiversity and Cultural Inclusion In Nursing
What a year 2020 has been so far, now halfway through it. Each of us is having to look at our inner selves closer than we ever have. And being less mobile is affording more time for this reflection. Australia forest fires, COVID-19, and now addressing something we had silently thought we had already addressed…
Read MoreNational Patient Safety Week 2020
March 8 – 14th is National Patient Safety Week in the US. Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. There are many different definitions of the word safety, but in general all encompass the prevention of harm and preservation of wellbeing. Harm…
Read MoreRetain International Nurses At Your Healthcare Facility
In our previous blog, we explored how to effectively integrate international nurses into your US facility through a process of selecting the right staffing partner and building robust interview and onboarding processes. Once you have sourced the right international nursing talent, how can you ensure they remain at your facility in the long-term? Staff retention remains…
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