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Watch: How HCA Healthcare Built a Nurse Hiring Engine

Steven MacDonell’s team hires a lot of nurses. This year, they’re on pace to fill over 40,000 RN positions, a feat he credits to his team’s resilience and hard work.  Steven is HCA Healthcare’s AVP of Talent Acquisition. HCA Healthcare has 185 facilities and over 275,000 employees. Steven shares that one of HCA’s strengths has […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How Design Thinking Revolutionized Nurse Retention at Vidant Health

Vidant Health’s Chief Experience Officer, Julie Kennedy Oehlert, D.N.P., R.N., shared her team’s process for creating effective nurse retention strategies with design thinking. Julie holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership, and leads Patient Experience, Team Member Experience, and Workplace Wellbeing at Vidant Health. Vidant Health is an eight hospital system […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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It started with a fire sale – How former CEO Barry Freedman rebuilt Einstein

In his first month as CEO of Albert Einstein, now Einstein Healthcare Network, Barry Freedman awoke to a fire alarm at 2:30 in the morning. On the way down 14 flights of stairs, Freedman bumped into a colleague who had just started with another healthcare system, who mentioned he needed to sell a few hospitals. […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How NewYork-Presbyterian hires permanent nurses

Recorded November 17th, 2021 NewYork-Presbyterian’s Vice President of Talent Acquisition, David Crawford, sat down with Incredible Health Co-Founder and CEO Iman Abuzeid to share how he hires permanent nurses, including: The nurse hiring market today Building a compelling employer brand Creating a strong talent acquisition team NYP’s hiring process and tips to improve yours While […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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“Well, that’s different”: ChristianaCare CEO Dr. Janice Nevin on the role of love in healthcare

Iman Abuzeid, MD, CEO of Incredible Health, interviewed Janice Nevin, MD, MPH, the President and Chief Executive Officer of ChristianaCare, to discuss Dr. Nevin’s journey to becoming CEO, the role of love in healthcare, and her commitment to anti-racism. ChristianaCare is the largest health system in Delaware and is a U.S. News & World Report […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How Baylor Scott & White Health Hires Permanent Nurses

Employment in healthcare is down by 524,000 since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with hospitals and nurses reporting significant losses. Despite the macro-environment, with the right strategy and tools, health systems can still effectively hire nurses. In this webinar, recorded November 3rd, 2021, Lisa Kraska, Vice President of Talent at Baylor […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How UC Davis Health Hires and Retains Nurses

Despite record high nurse turnover across the U.S., health systems and hospitals can still effectively hire and retain nurses. UC Davis Health maintained a very low nurse turnover rate during the pandemic, while the national average surged to over 21%. During this discussion Etka Vyas, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer at UC Davis Health, […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: Stanford Health Care’s Permanent Nurse Hiring Playbook

David Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer at Stanford Health Care, and Iman Abuzeid, M.D., CEO at Incredible Health, share tactical advice for healthcare executives to successfully hire and retain permanent nurse talent in this webinar, recorded September 1st, 2021. They share practical strategies to: Adjust to the changing realities of the pandemic, two years into […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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“COVID has taught us we can do more”: UC Davis Health CEO Dr. Dave Lubarsky on innovation in healthcare

Recorded April, 2021 Dr. David Lubarsky is the Chief Executive Officer for UC Davis Health and Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences. UC Davis Health employs over 16,000 people, has an operating budget of $3 billion, approximately 1 million outpatient visits each year, and the UC Davis Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Why Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom mandated COVID-19 vaccines for all staff

Recorded April 2021 Marc Boom, MD is CEO of Houston Methodist, a 2,300+ bed hospital network consistently ranked among the country’s best by U.S. News & World Report, and named by Fortune as one of America’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Houston Methodist is also the first hospital system in the country to mandate […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How Yale and Stanford hire and retain nurses — without losing them to travel agencies

Healthcare providers struggle to hire and retain permanent nurses, especially when competing with travel agencies. However, health systems and hospitals can effectively compete with travel nurse agencies when they create financial incentives to join float pools, support nurses’ career goals, and leverage data and automation to hire the permanent nurses they need. During this discussion, […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Watch: How Emory CNE Improves Nurse Retention and Resilience

During the pandemic, nurse burnout escalated and turnover increased to a national average of 20%. As the pandemic fades, leaders can address nurse burnout by helping nurses become more resilient, retaining more nurses, and hiring enough permanent nurses. During this discussion recorded on June 17th, 2021, Sharon Pappas, PhD RN FAAN, Chief Nurse Executive at […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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12 leadership habits to improve nurse retention, according to research

Healthy work environments for nurses lead to better patient outcomes. In healthy work environments, nurses feel cared for and valued. Nurse leaders play an outsized role in creating a culture of caring, but may not understand what specific tactics help nurses feel cared for. This post breaks down twelve research-backed behaviors nurse leaders can practice […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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7 ways to increase permanent nurse hiring speed at your hospital

Nurse and talent acquisition leaders know it’s challenging to hire permanent, experienced nurses. By 2022, the United States will have 1 million fewer nurses than needed, the national average time to hire a nurse 81 days, and the national nurse vacancy rate is at 9%, up one point in the past 12 months. Given this […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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Permanent Nurse Workforce Planning in COVID-19 and Beyond

Nurse workforce planning is especially difficult during a global pandemic. With COVID-19 exacerbating longstanding challenges, leaders must innovate to support patient demand, new care models, and technology-enabled care delivery. In this live event recorded on February 10th, 2021, Iman Abuzeid, M.D., Co-Founder & CEO of Incredible Health, David Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer of Stanford […]

Written by Allie Rawson

Allie is the Director of Enterprise Marketing at Incredible Health. She’s passionate about helping talented people find their next role and making sure they’re paid fairly once they get there. She earned a BA in History from Northwestern University but has not used her degree since achieving gainful employment. Allie loves trying new hobbies and is mediocre at almost all of them.

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