General Resources
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
AACN's website has a nursing shortage resource page, which provides links to articles on strategies to address the shortage.
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/shortageresource...
American Hospital Association (AHA)
AHA has created a dedicated website on health care workforce issues that includes case studies of innovations related to workforce recruitment and retention.
http://www.healthcareworkforce.org/healthcarewo...
Better Jobs, Better Care
Better Jobs, Better Care is a research and demonstration program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies. The program's goal is to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among direct care staff across the spectrum of long-term care settings and contribute to improved workforce quality. Their website includes profiles of successful programs focused on recruitment and retention of long-term care workers.
http://www.bjbc.org
Center for Health Workforce Development in Tennessee
The Center has developed a web-based guide to recruitment, retention, and workforce development.
http://www.healthworkforce.org/guide/index.htm
The Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco
The Center houses the Center for California Health Workforce Studies, as well as the Allied and Auxiliary Health Care Workforce Project, the California Workforce Initiative, Health Workforce Tracking Collaborative, and various workforce leadership programs. The Center focuses its efforts on understanding the challenges faced by the health care workforce and developing publications, programs, and resources that address those challenges.
http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/publications/i...
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson and Johnson developed the Campaign for Nursing's Future. Their website offers nurse free recruitment materials such as posters, brochures, and videos.
http://www.discovernursing.com/materials.aspx
National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
National on-line library including best practices for the recruitment and retention of direct-care workers in long-term care.
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/practice...
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
The nonprofit institute focuses on developing innovative solutions for recruitment, training, and supervision of the long-term care workforce. Its website provides information on recruiting and retaining health care workers in long-term care settings.
http://www.paraprofessional.org/Sections/resour...
Research and Training Center on Community Living
The Center provides research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance in support of persons with developmental disabilities. Its website includes case studies, fact sheets, reports, and a toolkit including surveys, assessment guides, and training resources pertaining to direct support workforce.
http://www.rtc.umn.edu/dsp/
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