Nurse Retention and Workforce Planning
Meaningful Recognition Strategies for Building a Healthy Work Environment
Product Description:
WEBCAST ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: Nurse Retention Toolkit: Everyday Ways to Recognize and Reward Nurses
Presented on Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tie workforce planning into your retention efforts
This 90-minute presentation will discuss why nurse retention is a workforce planning imperative and provide strategies for establishing and sustaining a healthy work environment. The expert speakers will discuss ways nurse leaders can improve staff satisfaction and share strategies for meaningful recognition. Register today and receive exclusive Annual Nursing Satisfaction Surveys with your materials packet!
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Recognize how retention is a workforce planning tool
- Implement best practices for establishing and sustaining a healthy work environment
- Measure staff satisfaction among their nurses
- List ways to provide meaningful recognition and reward to nurses
- Evaluate long-term strategies for building a positive work environment
Take a look at the agenda
- Why retention is a workforce planning imperative
- Economic impact
- Healthcare reform
- The bigger picture
- The aging workforce
- Generational differences
- Workforce diversity
- Patient diversity
- Establishing and sustaining a healthy work environment
- Building relationships
- Essential leadership principles
- Difficult conversations and skilled communication
- True collaboration and authentic leadership
- Improving staff satisfaction
- Embracing staff feedback to improve workplace satisfaction
- Keeping our finger on the pulse of what really matters
- Meaningful recognition
- Low-cost and no-cost ways to recognize and reward nurses
- Long-term strategies
- Building relationships
- Measuring progress as a retention tool
- What staff want: Meaningful work
- New research shows progress matters
- Demonstrating progress in everyday practice
- Ensuring staff feel valued by leadership: How the CNO (or any leader) can become the chief meaning officer
- Live question & answer session
Bonus Tools Included in your Materials Packet:
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this Webcast, you’ll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials packet:
- BONUS! Annual nursing satisfaction surveys
- Exit interview sample questions
- Favorites list
- Retention committee sample agenda
- Retention budget worksheet template
- Retention checklist from start to finish
- Sample retention survey questions
- Retention budget planning worksheet
- Succession planning document to track candidates
- Recruitment and retention strategic plan
- References and resources
These materials will be provided prior to the program date via e-mail with PDF links. Please download the PDF files before the day of the program.
Meet the Speakers:
Shelley Cohen, RN, MSN, CEN, is the founder and president of Health Resources Unlimited, which focuses on leadership development. She co-authored the HCPro books, The Image of Nursing: Perspectives on Shaping, Empowering, and Elevating the Nursing Profession, and A Practical Guide to Recruitment and Retention: Skills for Nurse Managers, is a contributing author of Core Skills for Nurse Managers: A Training Toolkit, and is the lead author of the Critical Thinking book series.
Lydia Ostermeier, MSN, RN, CHCR, is director of nurse recruitment and retention, workforce development, resource allocation, and customer service at Clarian Health Partners in Indianapolis, IN. Ostermeier oversees the recruitment and retention of approximately 5,000 nurses and co-authored the HCPro book, Nurse Retention Toolkit: Everyday Ways to Recognize and Reward Nurses.
Who Should Listen?
Nurse managers, directors of nursing, chief nursing officers, VPs of nursing, staff education specialists, directors of staff education, retention specialists/coordinators, HR professionals, quality improvement coordinators, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®* project directors, administrators, administrative staff, clinical services, executive assistants, and patient care directors/VPs
Webcast System Requirements and Program Materials:
To fully benefit from the webcast experience, please note you will need a computer equipped with sound card, an Internet connection, speakers, Macromedia Flash player Version 7.0 or higher, a recommended screen resolution of 1024 x 768, and an Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). The use of AOL is not recommended.
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