An AMN Healthcare survey reports that half of all nurses say they plan to make a career change over the next three years. Of the 1,399 respondents to 44% say they will probably change the course of their careers to something less demanding between now and 2013. A total 28%...
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Healthcare Workers Need to Get Along with One Another Before Change Will Occur
You may have read about the two nurses in Texas who were brought up on trial and faced 10 years in prison on the charge of misuse of official information. The jury thankfully laughed in the prosecution’s face and dismissed the charge. But that incident is telling of the unbelievable...
Bad Behavior Among Health Professionals Give You One More Thing to Worry About
Nearly 98% of nurses and physicians report witnessing behavior problems between colleagues, according to the results of a recent survey by the American College of Physician Executives. 13,000 nurse and physician executives were surveyed nationally. Respondents indicated that degrading comments and insults, and yelling were the most common behavioral problems...