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Nurses are at the center of care delivery. Today’s nurse leaders must be equipped to both overcome immediate workforce challenges and build a future-oriented strategy to navigate the changing clinical environment. From helping you create a flexible nursing workforce to tailoring technology to your needs, we offer strategies to build stronger nursing teams and better clinical outcomes.

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3 underlying causes of nurse recruitment and retention challenges

Nursing leaders continue to face recruitment and retention challenges. See what's contributing to the struggle.

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4 concerns RNs have about virtual nursing (and how to address them)

Virtual nursing is on the rise, but many nurses are worried about its impact on patient care. Learn what RNs are saying — and what leaders can do to counter their concerns.

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2 ways to break the cycle of incivility and bullying at work

Get two practical strategies organizations can adopt to address incivility, promote a sense of belonging, and develop a supportive work environment for nurses and care teams.

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How to address nurse concerns of unsafe staffing

Nurse burnout is often linked to concerns of unsafe staffing. Learn how to address staff perceptions, improve morale, and support safe staffing practices.

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Western Health’s 4-step approach to reducing nurse workloads

Learn how Western Health successfully ceded authority over transforming the frontline workload to nurses, resulting in a significant decrease in adverse incidents and missed elements of care.

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3 underlying causes of nurse recruitment and retention challenges

Nursing leaders continue to face recruitment and retention challenges. But a recent AONL survey highlights the underlying factors contributing to this struggle, including emotional health, workplace violence, and technology adoption.

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Build a diverse and sustainable workforce pipeline

Build a more diverse and sustainable clinician pipeline by assessing your current workforce and building paths for underrepresented groups to become clinicians.

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From AI to burnout: 8 takeaways from Advisory Board’s strategy summit

Gain valuable insights from Advisory Board's 2024 strategy summit, where healthcare leaders explored strategies for building a sustainable future amidst industry shifts. From reevaluating growth strategies to addressing climate change to reshaping cancer care, these key takeaways will help organizations navigate the changing healthcare landscape.

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Virtual nursing's impact on staffing ratios and costs

Virtual nursing is often seen as a solution to rising labor costs and staffing pressures in healthcare, but can it really allow for higher nurse-to-patient ratios and reduce costs? Read our research to find out how virtual nursing can support care delivery without leading to burnout.

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A detailed look at the top 2 models for virtual nursing care

Health systems are quickly adopting virtual nursing strategies to address nursing challenges. Dive into the top models of virtual nursing — functional and care partner — and get a comprehensive overview of their goals, staffing structures, benefits, and limitations.

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How to address nurse concerns of unsafe staffing

Nurse burnout is often linked to concerns of unsafe staffing. Learn how to address staff perceptions, improve morale, and support safe staffing practices.

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5 ways to prevent workplace violence and protect your staff

Violence in healthcare settings is a significant and growing concern. Learn five ways for healthcare organizations to proactively address safety threats and protect their staff.

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Millennials and Gen Z aren't to blame for the shortage of bedside nurses

There aren't enough nurses willing to work in hospitals at the bedside, and it's not just because the younger generations are different. Find out why the expectations of the bedside nursing role, not the nurses themselves, are at the root of the shortage — and how attention needs to shift toward redesigning a role that meets the needs of all generations of nurses.

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Western Health’s 4-step approach to reducing nurse workloads

Learn how Western Health successfully ceded authority over transforming the frontline workload to nurses, resulting in a significant decrease in adverse incidents and missed elements of care.

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Insights from Advisory Board's 2024 workforce benchmarks

In a rapidly changing healthcare environment, workforce stability is more important than ever. Stay ahead of the curve with Advisory Board's 2024 workforce benchmarks, offering data on employee headcount, turnover, and span of control. Learn how to navigate workforce challenges and drive innovation in your organization with expert insight.

Case Study

How UCHealth’s patient technology technician reduced nurse workload

Nurses at UCHealth were feeling overwhelmed by the burden of troubleshooting technology issues, taking time away from patient care and impacting their job satisfaction. Discover how implementing a patient technology technician (PTT) role alleviated this burden, allowing nurses to redirect efforts back to their essential role in patient care.

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How to evaluate the readiness of new graduate RNs

Ensure the success of your new graduate nurses with our survey implementation toolkit. Designed to capture feedback from novice to experienced nurses across 36 key competencies, our performance survey helps identify areas of improvement to advance new nurse proficiency.

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Nursing care teams are the heart of inpatient care, but the current distribution of work is unsustainable. Engage your leadership team in an interactive presentation with our experts where we’ll unpack the challenges with traditional care models and uncover actional ideas to make change.

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The nurse manager portal

Listen to our clinical workforce insights in under 30 minutes

3 underlying causes of nurse recruitment and retention challenges

4 concerns RNs have about virtual nursing (and how to address them)

2 ways to break the cycle of incivility and bullying at work

How to address nurse concerns of unsafe staffing

Western Health’s 4-step approach to reducing nurse workloads

3 underlying causes of nurse recruitment and retention challenges

Build a diverse and sustainable workforce pipeline

From AI to burnout: 8 takeaways from Advisory Board’s strategy summit

Virtual nursing's impact on staffing ratios and costs

A detailed look at the top 2 models for virtual nursing care

How to address nurse concerns of unsafe staffing

5 ways to prevent workplace violence and protect your staff

Millennials and Gen Z aren't to blame for the shortage of bedside nurses

Western Health’s 4-step approach to reducing nurse workloads

Insights from Advisory Board's 2024 workforce benchmarks

How UCHealth’s patient technology technician reduced nurse workload

How to evaluate the readiness of new graduate RNs

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