HR

An incredible amount of published material exists on the topic of registered nurse turnover. Renowned institutions including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, PwC, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and just about every industry journal have published a study on it, and…

In a Sept. 30 webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, two experts from AMN Healthcare — Marcia Faller, Ph.D., RN, chief clinical officer, and Brenda Fischer, PhD, RN, MBA, vice president of education and professional advancement — discussed what healthcare…

Has your hospital recently lost its director of surgical services due to retirement, resignation or termination? You may not know it, but finding a replacement will be a major challenge.

When hospitals increase the proportion of nurses with bachelor's degrees and have those nurses care directly for patients, it leads to improved outcomes and lower costs, according to a study in Medical Care.

Detroit Medical Center is looking into outsourcing its housekeeping services, which could result in 565 employees being laid off from its eight hospitals, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Adding to gains the industry made in August, the healthcare industry and hospitals both added jobs last month and contributed to the nation's 248,000 new jobs, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new bill into law that requires hospitals to develop safety plans to minimize workplace violence, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.

SSM Health Care has developed a partnership with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville through which the St. Louis-based health system's nurses can advance their degrees from their homes.

The majority of hospital leaders are wary of internal leadership promotions because of the strain they put on existing employee relationships and changes in authority, according to a recent survey of hospital leaders published by The HealthCare Initiative, an affiliate…