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Opinion: How to Improve the Orientation Program for Newly Hired Nurses

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Opinion: How to Improve the Orientation Program for Newly Hired Nurses

When you offer a position to a nurse, and they accept, it is a time of celebration and hope. As a leader, you celebrate filling an open position and shoring up your staffing. You also hope they will succeed and want to stay long-term. The new nurse is celebrating a new job and hoping to find a place where they can practice the art of nursing, a place where they make an impact on people's lives, and an opportunity to learn and grow.

May 15, 2023

Opinion: How Hospital Leaders Can Be The Best Nursing Advocates

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Opinion: How Hospital Leaders Can Be The Best Nursing Advocates

Being a nurse advocate has been a lifelong journey for me. I started my nursing career 47 years ago and have worked in orthopedics, ICU, and cardiac catheterization lab, and then went into management in cardiology, home health, and staffing.

May 08, 2023

Opinion: Upcoming NCLEX Changes that Can Affect International Nurses

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Opinion: Upcoming NCLEX Changes that Can Affect International Nurses

Even before the pandemic, nurses in acute care settings would agree that they were working in a highly complex healthcare environment. On top of patients or families who constantly review electronic health profiles, interdisciplinary teams, and electronic health records, nurses are overloaded with information. 

September 19, 2022

Embracing Change In The Healthcare Industry

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Embracing Change In The Healthcare Industry

The world of healthcare is constantly changing. Taking measures to reduce stress and increase coping abilities can allow you to get through times that may seem impossible.

December 07, 2020

Solutions to the Nursing Shortage for Chief Nursing Officers in 2019

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Solutions to the Nursing Shortage for Chief Nursing Officers in 2019

“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

Top Concerns Chief Nursing Officers Face in 2019

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Top Concerns Chief Nursing Officers Face in 2019

“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

Accelerating and Embracing Inclusion in Your Organization

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Accelerating and Embracing Inclusion in Your Organization

“Having a diverse workforce is necessary, but it’s not enough,” said John Townsley, VP of Human Resources at Avant Healthcare Professionals. “Without thoughtful, deliberate discussion and action to cultivate an inclusive environment, all the resources spent on recruiting and training a diverse workforce are wasted. As a result, the employees, recruited and hired, will leave.”

November 14, 2018

How a Hospital Executive Avoids Burnout

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How a Hospital Executive Avoids Burnout

"How do you go day to day with the pressures from your staff, parent company and your CEO without burning yourself out? How do you care for yourself?" These are the questions that were keeping Adam Kless, MSN, RN, NEA-BC up at night.

October 22, 2018

The bedside nurse’s role in population health management

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The bedside nurse’s role in population health management

As more organizations focus on population health initiatives, healthcare workers adjust their practice to fit those needs. The role of the bedside nurse continues to shift beyond acute care.

September 18, 2018

Four Reasons a Nurse will Stay with an Organization

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Four Reasons a Nurse will Stay with an Organization

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

Addressing the Opioid Crisis and the Emotional Impact It Has on Nurses

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Addressing the Opioid Crisis and the Emotional Impact It Has on Nurses

Committing to addressing the crisis is a crucial first step. However, only addressing the patient-use side is not a holistic approach to the problem.

July 30, 2018

Outpatient Centers Impact on Hospital Nurse Staffing

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Outpatient Centers Impact on Hospital Nurse Staffing

“We are losing nurses to outpatient roles – it’s depleting our supply of bedside registered nurses,” a chief nursing officer (CNO) from Virginia said.

July 23, 2018

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