Implementing a strategic recruitment and retention plan.
Nurse administrators were faced with how to staff for a rapid expansion in number of beds in the face of a 15% nurse vacancy rate. The authors discuss how they addressed this issue through their multifaceted strategic plan.
Smeltzer
C H
CH
University of Chicago Hospitals, Illinois.
Tseng
S
S
Harty
L M
LM
D002641:Chicago; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover