Elected Officials, Nursing Leaders, and more... 98 reads
	More than 60 South Florida Nursing Leaders attended an Advocacy Conference organized by the Nursing Consortium of South Florida and the South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives at the Broward College North Campus Omni Auditorium on the 19th of June.  The six hour program featured a statistical update on the nursing shortage by Mary Lou Brunell of the Florida Center for Nursing, and presentations by one of the state's premier lobbyists Bob Levy, FHA's Martha DeCastro, and four State Representatives; Yolly Roberson, Luis Garcia, Juan Zapata, and Estevan Bovo. Monday, June 08 @ 17:52:19 EDT (Read More... | 2072 bytes more | Score: 0)

	Regional Commission on Nursing Shortage meets 281 reads
	A newly formed Commission of South Florida healthcare and non-healthcare leaders met over lunch on the 20th of April at Nova Southeastern University to consider strategies to bolster the region’s third largest generator of jobs.  The South Florida Commission on the Nursing Shortage is comprised of sixteen executives including businesses leaders and the heads of academic institutions, and public sector organizations. "The region's health care sector is already one of the largest sources of private sector jobs and is expected to be an increasingly important part of the regional economy.  While it hasn’t attracted the broad community-wide attention of the developing life science sector, the convergence of these industries offer tremendous opportunities for the future,” remarked Mike Jones, President of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County.  “Much is changing within the healthcare sector and it is important that our community understands the opportunities that can be realized through the development of a regional cluster of hospitals ranked at the top nationally for patient outcomes, safety, and satisfaction,” noted Brian Keeley, President & Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Health South Florida  “It is important that the business and community leaders understand what we can do to support our healthcare sector, doing so will not only serve the physical and mental health interests of the local population, it will also help keep the local economy strong,” said host Ray Ferrero, Jr., President of Nova Southeastern University and Chairman of the Broward Alliance.  Topping the list of what the community can do to support the healthcare sector is helping to addressing key labor shortages, especially a shortage of nurses at all levels that is projected to grow.  “The work of the Consortium and others, and the current economic slowdown has lowered nurse vacancy rates in area hospitals.  However, the demographic trends of a growing and aging population and an aging nurses workforce presents us with a huge challenge that requires us to remain focused on increasing the production of new nurses and retaining and developing the nurses that we have,” stated Silvia Stradi, Chief Nursing Officer at Palms West Hospital and President of the Nursing Consortium of South Florida. Friday, April 24 @ 08:40:53 EDT (Read More... | 6911 bytes more | Score: 0)

	Florida Nursing Leadership Conference featured three dynamic speakers 1576 reads
	Patrick Coonan, Greta Sherman, and Verena Briley Hudson were the featured speakers at the Florida Leadership Conference organized by the Nursing Consortium of South Florida and the Florida Organization of Nurse Executives on the 20th of March. The one-day conference brought to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood three of the nation's thought leaders on a wide array of topics important to leadership development including succession planning, recruitment and retention, and leader orientation.  For additional speaker information and copies of their presentations, please click on Read More below. Wednesday, February 18 @ 21:00:15 EST (Read More... | 2731 bytes more | Score: 0)

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