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Blog Posts from March, 2016
View all postsHow to Search for a Job When You Already Have One
By Susan Gulliford CPRW - March 29, 2016
If you are tired of your current job, don’t worry. There are numerous employment opportunities for healthcare professionals at this time. Consider that for January 2016: The unemployment rate
National Doctors' Day – Honoring Our Physicians
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 24, 2016
The first Doctors' Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. The date was the anniversary
5 Benefits of Employee Development Programs
By Susan Gulliford CPRW - March 22, 2016
The unemployment rate for healthcare workers is 3.2% as of December 2015 (http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag62.htm). This fact means that if you are a Human Resources professional in the healthcare field,
A Nurse's Letter to the Interns
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 17, 2016
It happens every summer – a new crop of interns show up on my hospital unit. It’s a nice rite of passage – a handful of new baby docs show up and spend a few months shadowing our unit’s physicians.
5 Major Challenges in Healthcare Recruitment Today
By Chad Harrington - March 16, 2016
For this post I interviewed Jason Campbell, Talent Acquisition Manager at Mount Carmel Health System. He shared the top challenges and solutions of healthcare recruitment today. This blog provides
Magnet Designation and Nurses
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 11, 2016
If you have been a nurse for longer than a minute, you’ve heard about Magnet hospitals, but you may not have heard what it actually means for patients and for nurses to be in a Magnet hospital. It’s
You saw that? Social Media Smarts for Physicians
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 9, 2016
A doctor grabs a drink with friends after work and afterwards posts a picture of himself and his friends, smiling with a beer in their hands. No big deal, right? Except the doctor still had his scrubs
Dealing Effectively with Shift Changes and Patient Handoffs
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 3, 2016
If you have kids, you know the worst time of day is that hour before dinner - kids are needy and cranky after school, homework has to get started, and dinner has to be created. Similarly, if you are
Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients
By MaryAnn DePietro - March 1, 2016
In an ideal world, your patients would all be polite and pleasant. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. If you work in healthcare, it’s inevitable you will have to deal with difficult patients.
