The novel coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic last Wednesday, March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization. This rapid spreading virus has made its way across the U.S., with over 6,100 cases nationwide. With reports of hospitals becoming overwhelmed in countries including Italy and China, healthcare facilities across the country are bracing for an influx in patients with the coronavirus.
March 19, 2020
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Having well-trained nurse managers on staff is particularly important to maintaining clinical excellence, as their role directly impacts RN staff retention and satisfaction.
June 20, 2019
Articles Featured Posts Nurse Staffing
For more than 70 years, foreign-educated healthcare professionals have served the U.S. healthcare system. They come here legally to help overcome worker shortages and accept positions in geographic locations and clinical settings that are more difficult to fill with American-born workers.
June 06, 2019
CNO Roundtable Articles Featured Posts Nurse Staffing Point of View
“What are the most effective strategies you have implemented in your facilities for alleviating the nurse shortage?” said Shari Dingle Costantini, Founder and CEO of Avant Healthcare Professionals. Even though the severity of the nurse shortage varies from state to state, the chief nursing officers and nurse executives came up with the top nine solutions to alleviate nurse staffing shortages in any facility.
January 28, 2019
CNO Roundtable Articles Featured Posts Nurse Staffing Point of View
“What issues of your job stress you out the most?” Nurse leaders at Avant's Annual CNO Roundtable share their top concerns for 2019.
January 08, 2019
Avant Healthcare Professionals, the premier staffing provider of internationally educated nursing and allied health professionals, is holding a fall fundraiser in partnership with Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Florida.
September 17, 2018
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Nurse managers can play an integral part in keeping nurses at the organization. Jennifer David, Associate VP of Client Relations at Avant Healthcare Professionals, said that over her 43-year career in nursing she noticed four factors that will keep a nurse at an organization long term.
August 22, 2018
Lack of consistency in hospital leadership paired with poor succession planning has left an unstable foundation for hospital culture to thrive as we end the “Twenty-Ten” decade.
April 19, 2018
The nurse shortage may be affecting your bottom line in more ways than one. Inadequate nurse staffing may be adversely affecting your readmission rates.
January 12, 2018
The U.S. nurse shortage is the worst it has ever been. By 2030, the U.S. will have over one million nurse job openings. The cause of the nursing shortage can be attributed to the increase of patients and the demand for more nurses. Added to this is the growth of the health care industry coupled with the high turnover of new nurses.
December 12, 2017
Retaining skilled registered nurses is a top concern of human resource professionals and healthcare executives. Organizations are leveraging internal resources to recruit and retain RNs, but some hospitals may be faced with issues that are affecting their plans to reduce turnover and increase recruitment efforts.
October 24, 2017
Avant Healthcare Professionals is supporting our healthcare facilities, nurses and the patients they care for in the Houston area and communities affected by the storm.
September 05, 2017
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