Editor's Note Hospitals made strides in reducing nurse turnover in 2024, yet staffing gaps and financial pressures remain significant, according to the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. Key findings include: The national registered nurse (RN) turnover rate declined by 2.0 percentage points to 16.4%, marking…

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Leadership and business skills are deeply intertwined—to some, that makes nurse-led ventures a sort of natural fit. The long-standing trend has been nurses becoming entrepreneurs after retirement, but that is changing. Today, more nurses are exploring entrepreneurship while maintaining their clinical roles, a shift that is reshaping traditional career pathways.…

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Editor's Note Giving nurses more control over their schedules significantly improves job satisfaction and retention, according to a March 31 article in Medical Xpress. The article focuses on a study consisting of 16 qualitative interviews with nurses and nurse managers, who cited flexibility, transparency, equity, and autonomy as key factors…

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Editor's Note Didn’t make plans for Certified Nurses Day today? No worries—the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACCN) has some simple ideas to celebrate the specialists in your organization (and we at OR Manager have an idea of our own). Created in 2008 by the American Nurses Association (ANA)…

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Editor's Note Health system executives cite regulatory uncertainty, workforce challenges, and technology investment as top priorities for the next five years, according survey data released February 26 by healthcare advisory firm Chartis. Based on responses from 61 US health system CEOs and chief security officers (CSOs) in December 2024, the…

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Takeaways • HR dashboards facilitate tracking key performance indicators related to recruitment, retention, and staffing needs. • HR dashboard data facilitate planning for current operations as well as new endeavors. • Elements of a successful HR dashboard include capability to determine users’ needs, to filter data in multiple ways, and…

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Takeaways • The prevalence of needlesticks and other sharp object injuries to OR team members is 42.8%, an increase of 16% over the past decade. • New research and perspectives are shaping the discourse around sharps safety, such as new and expanded evidence-based practices presented in AORN’s 2025 update to…

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Starting a new job can be stressful for anyone, but nursing comes with a particular set of pressures. A 2024 survey of 6,000 nurses from the American Nurses Association (ANA), in partnership with McKinsey and Company, found that an astonishing 45% of early-tenure nurses reported they were somewhat likely to…

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Editor's Note Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have not changed, in many cases implementation has been reduced to little more than reducing costs, to the detriment of clinicians and patients. In a session at the 2025 OR Business Management Conference in February, economist Susanna Gallani, PhD, examined this…

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Takeaways • Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have not changed, in many cases implementation has been reduced to little more than reducing costs, to the detriment of clinicians and patients. • The right incentives, such as recognition and work support, can effectively inspire clinicians to deliver high value…

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