OR analyst: A support for periop leaders
Perioperative directors have seen their jobs expand, with growing demands for financial analysis, operational efficiency, and quality monitoring. To help provide support, HCA Inc, one of the nation's largest health care providers, developed the role of OR analyst. It's estimated more than 50% of HCA's 173 hospitals now have such…
Who's going to take your place? Developing a plan for succession
The average OR nurse manager is 51. Do you know where your replacement is? Though a lot of attention has been focused on the nursing shortage, not as much has been paid to the pending shortage of managers. By 2010, about 20% of current nurse leaders plan to retire, and…
Family & Medical Leave Act and OR staffing
OR managers are raising questions about the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). They say they try to be sympathetic to the needs of employees that the act is supposed to alleviate, but the prolonged leaves can cause staffing problems. Questions focus on the privacy requirements of the act.…
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