Recognizing experienced nurse retirements were inevitable, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance took a proactive approach to building specialty skills and knowledge among new graduates.
'Once we hired the new grad after completing the program, the staff members were all impressed with 'their' accomplishment—that they were able to train a new grad to be so successful in the outpatient setting,' says Sharol Kidd, BSN, MBA-HL, RN, advanced practice registered nurse, DEU and residency program coordinator at SCCA. If you're concerned about the loss of nursing's 'brain trust' as baby boomer RNs retire, then you'll want to read this week's feature story. When leaders at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance recognized that retirements of expert nurses could become an issue, they took a proactive approach to developing the next generation of RNs to fill their shoes. Learn more about their professional development program and their nurse residents' impressive retention rates. Also, in this issue: How to improve care for vision-impaired patients Vegetables as medicine A high-tech approach to forecasting the flu | |
Stop a Nursing Shortage Before It Starts | Recognizing experienced nurse retirements were inevitable, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance took a proactive approach to building specialty skills and knowledge among new graduates. |
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Jennifer Thew, RN Senior Editor, Nursing | |
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