The value of a nursing annual report.

Nursing annual reports have been increasingly published by acute care facilities and provide a record of accomplishments for the year. Nursing annual reports provide yearly documentation of accomplishments. As future goals are set, they provide value as a record of past accomplishments.

What is driving the growing demand for consulting in hospital staffing, scheduling, and productivity?

Productivity improvement has been influenced by crises such as the initiation of diagnosis-related groups, the Balanced Budget Act, and now health care reform. A key element in successfully improving labor efficiency and productivity lies in developing relationships inside the organization. Essential to productivity improvement work is accurate, reliable information.

Responding to health care reform by addressing the institute of medicine report on the future of nursing.

The current health care environment has heightened the importance of achieving positive patient outcomes and excellent customer satisfaction. To remain competitive, health care organizations must adapt quickly to changing regulatory requirements, quality improvement initiatives, and customer expectations. To ensure nursing practice at the Saint Clare's Health System in Northwest New Jersey is at the forefront of leading change, the nursing staff has embraced the Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change.