![]() Those programs include tuition reimbursement for most full-and part-time colleagues, student loan assistance, expanded certification offerings, and a dependent scholarship program for children of HCA Healthcare colleagues. For example, based on our ongoing conversations with our nurses, HCA Healthcare is investing up to $300 million in workforce development initiatives. Listening to nurses through surveys and focus groups helps us understand what nurses need to advance their careers as well as to build and maintain a realistic work/life balance to care for their families. The professional practice councils systematically raise the bar on nursing performance. These councils proactively identify issues and opportunities to improve care, and are venues for bringing forth new ideas and for testing innovations in care delivery. Professional practice councils in every hospital within HCA Healthcare provide a way for nurses to influence care delivery at the unit and facility levels. So, it’s important for us as healthcare leaders to create open environments where nurses’ voices are not only heard – but acted upon, because it can lead to exciting advancements in patient care. As we advocate for patients, our voices influence positive changes for the practice of nursing, and that ultimately improves patient care. Nurses are insightful, creative and passionate about patient care, and they have an invaluable perspective. We spend more time with patients than anyone else in a hospital. Nurses, like myself, pursue this profession because we care deeply about improving peoples’ lives. ![]() Jane: In the United States, nursing is the largest healthcare profession, with more than 3.8 million registered nurses nationwide. ![]() HCA Today: Why is it important for nurses to have a voice in their profession? We sat down with Jane Englebright, HCA Healthcare’s senior vice president and chief nurse executive, to learn about how our organization ensures that nurses are heard, respected and supported, and why that’s a priority for our organization. The World Health Organization has designated 2020 (the year Florence Nightingale would have celebrated her 200 th birthday) as “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife” celebrating the vital role that nurses play in health promotion, disease prevention and forward-thinking treatment.Īs we head into 2020, “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” we are committed to giving nurses more of a voice to help drive the nursing agenda at HCA Healthcare than ever before. ![]()
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