Catalog Number : agf1189
Title : Staffing: A Proactive Approach to "Filling the Holes"
Speaker : Barbara Faruggio

Webplay Recording Date : 6-22-2016
Webplay Price : $ 150 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Purpose:

Staffing and workload are still listed in the top three reasons for staff dissatisfaction. Resolving these issues is important not only for staff retention; but also for patient satisfaction and quality of care. The nursing shortage is far from being over and it is imperative that the issues of staffing be resolved. This Webinar will look at staffing from a system perspective; providing a comprehensive session on the variables leading to having staffing holes� and concludes with a compilation of best staffing practices.

Target Audience:

• Nursing Senior Management
• Human Resources
• Nurse Managers
• Shift Supervisors
• Charge Nurses

Webinar Objectives:

• List three of the variables impacting the availability of staffing resources
• Identify the general staffing guidelines that have worked effectively to "fill the holes"
• Name the role responsibilities of those involved in the staffing process
• Identify one bonus program that will meet the organization's special needs
• List one key staff specific motivational strategy to encourage staff cooperation in the staffing process
• Identify three measurement tools that support the staffing process and instill accountability

A few of the Topics that will be covered:

• Identifying the variables impacting staffing
• Setting the staffing expectations
• Re-defining the staffing culture
• Identifying the infrastructure to support a proactive staffing model
  • Decentralization versus Centralized
  • Re-defining roles: shift supervisors, nurse manager, charge nurse & staff
  • Supports for the manager
  • Required policies
  • Delivery of Care Model
• Implementing bonuses progra
  • Multiple Shift Scheduling
  • SWAT Team Concept
  • Premium Pay - The Chess Game Strategy
  • Occupancy Based Bonus
  • Vacancy Based Bonus
  • Temporary Reassignment
  • Per-Diem Grades
  ms to meet specific needs:
• Motivating staff; impact of culture and individual personality styles
• Employing effective measurement tools to monitor the staffing process and instill accountability from each shift to quarterly and annual trending reports

Contact Hours:

• Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.2 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
• All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.