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Tips to combat the nursing shortage

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, May 26, 2006

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Gayle Evans, RN, MBA, CNOR, CASC, president of Continuum Healthcare Consultants, Inc., in Kennesaw, GA, and healthcare consultant Trish Frumkin, CNS, MS, CCCRN, of Adventist Midwest Health in LaGrange, IL, offer the following three steps for making it through the nursing shortage with high quality nursing staff:

1. Offer financial incentives. Evans recommends offering bonuses to both part and fulltime nurses to reward performance. This lets nurses know that you appreciate their work and provides an enticing financial incentive to improve their performance.

Offering tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities may also attract potential candidates interested in pursuing additional training.

2. Prioritize job satisfaction by offering flexible schedules and building a strong team. For example, instead of requiring nurses to work longer hours and handle more patients when short-staffed, consider hiring part-time nurses to make room in the schedule.

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