Reducing RN Vacancy Rate: A Nursing Recruitment Office Process Improvement Project.
The aim of this study was to reduce the RN vacancy rate at an academic medical center by improving the hiring process in the Nursing Recruitment Office.Inability to fill RN positions can lead to higher vacancy rates and negatively impact staff and patient satisfaction, quality outcomes, and the organization's bottom line.The Model for Improvement was used to design and implement a process improvement project to improve the hiring process from time of interview through the position being filled.Number of days to interview and check references decreased significantly, but no change in overall time to hire and time to fill positions was noted. RN vacancy rate also decreased significantly. Nurse manager satisfaction with the hiring process increased significantly.Redesigning the recruitment process supported operational efficiencies of the organization related to RN recruitment.
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- United States
- Personnel Turnover
- Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
- Nursing Staff, Hospital
- Nursing Service, Hospital
- Nursing
- Humans
- Clinical Competence
- 4205 Nursing
- 4204 Midwifery
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Personnel Turnover
- Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
- Nursing Staff, Hospital
- Nursing Service, Hospital
- Nursing
- Humans
- Clinical Competence
- 4205 Nursing
- 4204 Midwifery