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May 2008 (Volume 4, Issue 5)	view entire issue

New role improves patient transfers and increases staff satisfaction
While working on his master's degree, Rob McEver, RN, MSN, BBA, medical-surgical (med-surg) nurse manager at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, needed to develop a project that involved making positive changes that he could write about for his course. So he went to Mercy's med-surg nurses and asked what stopped them from providing quality patient care at the bedside. "The answers I consistently heard were interruptions and paperwork due to patients being transferred from the postanesthesia care unit to the medical-surgical floor," says McEver.

Stop keeping nightshift nurses in the dark
Communication between nurses on day- and nightshifts is often limited to patient reports, leaving nightshift staff members in the dark when new policies and procedures are implemented, forms are changed, and activities take place. But that all changed for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, NJ, when Catherine Clark, RN, nightshift liaison, was working as a nightshift nurse in the pediatric department and saw promotional material for the hospital's clinical ladder program.

Strategies to keep nurses at the bedside
The media regularly reports about the nursing shortage, and you likely see the effects on your units and throughout your healthcare organization. "We all know about the nursing shortage, and it's more important than ever that when we bring candidates in the door, we have to start thinking about retention as a recruitment tool," Lydia Ostermeier, MSN, RN, CHCR, director of nurse recruitment, retention, workforce development, resource allocation, and customer service at Clarian Health in Indianapolis, said during HCPro's March 27 audioconference, "Retention in Nursing: Top Solutions to Keep Nurses from Hire to Retire."

Other recently-published articles from HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®:

Strategies to keep nurses at the bedside

Stop keeping nightshift nurses in the dark

New role improves patient transfers and increases staff satisfaction

Handle with care: No-lift environment mobilizes patients and keeps nurses injury-free

Initiatives increase nursing autonomy

The power of complementary therapy

Relieve the pressure

Life after designation

Achieve better care by improving communication

Engage new nurses into your culture of excellence

Organizational tips for project directors

Successful steps for shared decision-making

The academy awards for nursing excellence

The nurse executive: Catalyst, champion, and connector

Promote nurse accountability with peer review

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