The aging workforce: implications for health care organizations

* In the health care arena, we have been cognizant of the aging RN workforce for many years. * Planning for an aging workforce is complicated but necessary. * Efforts to retain the older workforce encompass a number of specific areas, including ergonomics, health promotion, education and career enha...

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Published in:Nursing economic 2007-03, Vol.25 (2), p.101-102
Main Author: Hart, Karen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age Factors
Aging
Career Mobility
Careers
Employees
Ergonomics
Executives
Forecasting
Health care industry
Health Planning - organization & administration
Health Promotion
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Labor force
Medical personnel
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Administration Research
Nursing Staff - organization & administration
Occupational Health
Older workers
Pension plans
Personnel Selection - organization & administration
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - organization & administration
Personnel Turnover
Professions
Retirement
Retirement benefits
Strategic planning
Succession planning
Surveys
Trends
Workforce
Workforce planning
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Summary:* In the health care arena, we have been cognizant of the aging RN workforce for many years. * Planning for an aging workforce is complicated but necessary. * Efforts to retain the older workforce encompass a number of specific areas, including ergonomics, health promotion, education and career enhancement, and policies and procedures. * Clearly the time is ripe for all health care executives to address the issue of the aging health care workforce in their own organizations.
ISSN:0746-1739