HCPro.com: The Staff Educator

August 2008 (Volume 4, Issue 8)	view entire issue

Rewarding your gatekeepers
As one of the first relationships formed by your new staff members, the nurse-preceptor bond can make or break the success of employment. Having the right people in the preceptor role is crucial to job satisfaction and retention and for preparing your new nurses for the job and answering questions about your facility and the field.

Retaining the wisdom of the mature educator
With offerings of tuition reimbursement, super-sized sign-on bonuses, and much more, the focus on clinical recruitment and retention has largely been on bringing in new graduate nurses. But with an aging work force and the loss of older staff educators to retirement, facilities will benefit by taking steps to help these experienced nurses remain productive members of the healthcare training field.

Other recently-published articles from The Staff Educator:

Celebrate nurses without breaking the bank

The art of nursing

Expert strategies for successful precepting

Train your learners about time management

Provide effective feedback to your nurses

Match new nurses with the right job

Cultural competence for the diverse population

Prep your nurses for Joint Commission surveyors

Step up nurse-patient interactions

Coping with challenging learners

Retaining the wisdom of the mature educator

Rewarding your gatekeepers

Project management pointers to develop staff leaders

Keep your nurses calm and collected

Surviving skill sets with a competency fair

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