The reading room contains an ever-changing list of articles--filled with tips, tools, and strategies--to help you through your workday. Be sure to take advantage of our continuing education (CE) opportunities. Each CE article is marked with an asterisk.

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• The changing face of recruitment and retention
  Nurse managers spend a lot of time predicting and planning for the future, but when it comes to hiring and retaining employees, there are a lot more future problems than possible solutions. In order to retain nurses, the hospitals they work at must be places that people are "dying to work at." But it is hard defining what those hospitals will look like. Read More
• CE Article: Assess all patients to prevent pressure ulcers*
• Express care improves patient flow in the ED
• How to set up an effective rapid response system

This 12-page monthly, how-to newsletter was created to help save you time and assist you in performing your job successfully. Find field-tested ideas, tips, and how-to's on managing effectively, recruiting and retaining the best staff, making the best of employee relations, and avoiding the number one pitfall of nurse managers: burnout.

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• Labeling meds an issue outside of the OR
  After the largest decline in compliance of any National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) from 2006 to the first quarter of 2007, the question has to be asked: What are hospitals doing wrong regarding NPSG #3D, the goal concerning medication error avoidance? Read More
• Aiming for the heart
• Seize your one chance to make an impression
• Don't let IC standards go to the dogs when pets visit

Read ideas from credible industry sources on the latest issues that affect you and your career. Add your own perspective and see what others are talking about. Our new interactive blog is a meeting place for all things related to nurse managers and allows you to network with your peers.

• Benchmarking report explores state of nurse-physician collaboration
• Rev up your resume
• Informal Reward Ideas!