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Uncovering Healthcare and Staffing Trends
As an industry leader and the nation's largest provider of physician, nurse and allied healthcare staff, AMN Healthcare is well aware of the issues and challenges you face in providing quality patient care. To help address healthcare trends and staffing challenges, we offer a library of whitepapers, surveys and case studies, dedicated to helping members of the healthcare industry better understand the current healthcare climate.
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Articles
Nurses Drive Hospital Revenue Too
As patient satisfaction becomes more critical to the bottom line, so does the importance of nurses. Read why the influence of nursing care on hospital revenue is likely to become even more pronounced.
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White papers
Travel Nurse Staffing: Quality Staff Equals Quality Outcomes
Travel nurses can supplement core staff to reach nurse-to-patient ratio goals, improve retention and help facilities prepare for Magnet designation. Based on research from Linda Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN, the American Nurses Association and AMN Healthcare's survey on the impact of travel nurses on Magnet designation, this informative white paper delves into issues of quality and competency in travel nurses and how they can help improve your bottom line.
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Physician and Nurse Supply: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
The leading 2008 presidential candidates have proposed reforms to America’s healthcare system with the intent of expanding access to healthcare services. None of these reforms can be successfully implemented, however, without significantly increasing the nation's supply of healthcare workers through better nurse and physician recruitment strategies.
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Travelers on the Magnet Journey:
The Contribution of Travel Nurses in Preparing for and Maintaining ANCC Magnet™ Designation
The Magnet Recognition Program takes its name from the great success of healthcare organizations in attracting and retaining an exceptional nursing staff. Learn about the importance of the Magnet Program and the role travel nurses can play in Magnet designation and promoting positive patient outcomes.
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Maximize Return on Travel Nursing Investment
The right nurse recruitment plan can help to accommodate fluctuating demand, but can pose challenges such as healthcare staff surpluses and unnecessary costs, while shortages can cause lost revenue opportunities for hospitals and other facilities and affect patient care. Learn how the Economic Staffing Forecaster can help you determine the most cost-effective mix of temporary and full-time nurses.
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How to Hire Travel Nurses
Whether you need to cover a vacation, staff new beds or simply fill a vacant position, finding the right nurse to fit your needs quickly and effectively can be a daunting task. The nurse recruitment process, which includes screening, interviewing and all the employment details takes time and energy. Partnering with a travel nursing company you trust can make this process easier and ensure you find the right nurse.
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Case Study
AMN RPO Brings Quality Candidates to Hospitals
Three years ago, after going through a growth spurt, a level 1 trauma and teaching hospital in Texas began to feel the ill effects of a limited local candidate pool. Realizing that meeting its recruitment needs was a priority, the hospital considered several solutions. They decided they needed a dedicated recruitment group to help them fill specific high-need critical vacancies.
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Managing Vendors: A Case Study
When it comes to contingent staffing, managing multiple vendors can be overwhelming. Find out how AMN Healthcare's Managed Services used a proven formula for vendor management, that not only streamlined the contract and billing process, but also delivered huge savings!
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- Computer Conversion Made EasyWhen South Georgia Medical Center wanted to convert from paper charts to EMRs, they wanted to make sure that while their core staff was learning a new and complex system, their patients were still receiving the highest quality care. Find out how NurseChoice, AMN Healthcare's quick-start, short-term staffing option, facilitated the conversion.
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The Preferred Client Relationship: Stanford Hospital & Clinics and AMN Healthcare
After deciding to work with a single staffing firm, Stanford Hospital & Clinics reached Preferred Client status with AMN Healthcare and found that managing their contingent staffing became an easier process. With just one call, they were quickly provided with highly trained and specialized temporary staffing without having to make requests through multiple companies.
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Surveys
New! 2010 Survey of Registered Nurses: Job Satisfaction and Career Plans
Nearly one-third of registered nurses (RNs) surveyed last month say they will not be working in their current job a year from now and close to half say they plan to alter their career path in the next one to three years that would either take them out of the nursing field entirely or reduce their contribution to direct patient care by working fewer hours or choosing a less demanding role. These are among key findings from AMN's 2010 Survey of Registered Nurses: Job Satisfaction and Career Plans. The survey, which collected data from 1,399 respondents, was conducted during a period of economic recession and in the course of an ongoing national debate over healthcare reform. The survey reflects how RNs may have altered their career plans due to the recession, how they might respond to an economic recovery, and highlights whether they believe healthcare reform will address the nurse shortage.
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2009 Survey of Hospital Chief Executive Officers
AMN Healthcare’s 2009 Survey of Hospital Chief Executive Officers is the company’s first examination of clinical staffing trends from the perspective of hospital administrators. Conducted in partnership with the Council on Physician and Nurse Supply, the survey was sent to the great majority of hospital CEOs in the United States and represents one of the most comprehensive efforts undertaken to reveal the staffing challenges, concerns and priorities facing America’s healthcare facility leaders.
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Results of 2009 Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends
Read the results of Staff Care's 7th Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends, which highlights trends in the locum tenens physician staffing market. This summary report examines why healthcare facilities use locum tenens physicians and how they evaluate the quality & services provided; why physicians choose to work on a locum tenens basis; and it also looks at the breakdown of temporary physician "days requested" by specialty as an indicator of current physician supply and demand trends in locum tenens.
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2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times
The 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times was conducted to determine the
average time new patients must wait before they can see a physician in a variety of
large metropolitan markets.
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- 2008 Survey of Hospital Chief Nursing Officers
One of the primary responsibilities hospital chief nursing officers (CNOs) are charged with is ensuring that the nursing department is appropriately staffed.AMN Healthcare’s 2008 Survey of Hospital Chief Nursing Officers was conducted to provide answers to these and other questions pertaining to nurse staffing. The survey asked hospital CNOs about nurse turnover rates at their hospitals, the value of nurses as revenue generators, whether they use travel nurses, why they may use them, and whether travel nurses provide quality and value.
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2008 Survey of Nurses 45 to 60 Years Old
America’s healthcare delivery system faces a number of significant challenges. Among them is the aging of the patient population. In 2011, the first wave of some 75 million baby boomers will begin turning 65. Fifty-five percent of nurses actively involved in patient care are 45 years old or older. Thirty-six percent are 50 years old or older. Should a significant number of experienced nurses opt to retire or otherwise alter their career paths in coming years, the effect on nurse staffing levels could be profound.
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2007 National Physician and Nurse Supply Survey
The Council on Physician and Nurse Supply conducted the 2007 National Physician and Nurse Supply Survey to gauge current physician/nurse supply and demand trends from the perspective of hospital administrators. Their observations and experiences may prove illuminating to analysts and academics engaged in assessing national physician and nurse supply needs and in evaluating the ability of current physician and nurse training programs to meet those needs.
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2007 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey
Conducted by AMN Healthcare’s physician staffing division, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, this survey examines the revenue physicians in various specialties generate for their affiliated hospitals and the associated benefits. These benefits may support the hospital’s mission of providing quality care to the community by creating revenue streams necessary to its continued or its enhanced operation.
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2007 Survey of Nurse Students
Nurse students today enjoy one of the most robust job markets available in any professional field. With nurse vacancies at hospitals running at over 8%, according to the American Hospital Association, and with nurse shortages projected to increase in severity in the next 15 years, nurse students can anticipate a great demand for their services for years to come. Nevertheless, AMN Healthcare’s 2007 Survey of Nurse Students reveals, among other findings, that nurse students are not being recruited as aggressively as might be expected.
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2007 Survey of Chief Nursing Officers
The use of travel nurses among hospitals and other health care organizations has increased in recent years. AMN Healthcare estimates that there are more than 22,000 registered nurses working as travel nurses at any given time, filling temporary assignments that can range in duration from several weeks to more than a year. AMN Healthcare’s Survey of Chief Nursing Officers asked about hospitals’ experiences with travel nurses – why they use them, when they use them, benefits travel nurses provide and the value of travel nurses.
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2006 Survey of Men in Nursing
Though women have entered the once male-dominated medical profession in growing numbers and now represent 20 percent of all doctors, men have not entered the female-dominated nursing profession in a corresponding fashion. Today, men represent just 5.7 percent of the total U.S. nurse workforce, a percentage that has not changed appreciably in decades. Nevertheless, male nurses represent a potentially important source of new entrants to what is generally considered to be an occupation facing a significant labor shortage.
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