Can we learn a few things from Google?
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Nurse leaders can relate to many of the ideals and positive outcomes of Google, the popular Internet search engine that provides a successful model for building and maintaining employee satisfaction, in turn, promoting customer satisfaction. They should advocate for a Google-like environment, which will help solve problems with recruitment and retention rates with simple strategies like flexible working schedules that are employee- and family-friendly.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 2006
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New graduate programs ease nurse shortages while educating
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The Labor & Delivery New Grad Program, developed by El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, eases nurse shortage while educating and grooming new graduate nurses into competent, skilled professional. The course consists of a 12-week orientation dealing with labor and delivery physiology, assessment skills, and technical skills with hands on practice along with a 4-week competence assessment by the educator
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 2006
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Telemetry monitoring: A preferred solution for intermediate care
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An intermediate care area (ICA) or step-down unit that is a multipurpose "progressive care unit" or a single-organ subspecialty floor that is gaining wide acceptance in the nursing field is described. It provides optimal care with a lower nurse-to-patient ratio and uses simpler, less costly technology and increases patient satisfaction.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 2006
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