Source: Scrubs Magazine (www.scrubsmag.com)

A recent article from Scrubs Magazine covers the top 7 things that can derail a nurse’s job search.

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Losing a job is never in any nurse’s career plan. Take solace in knowing that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle unemployment and landing your next nursing job. Before the panic sets in, be sure to read through these seven deadly sins of job hunting and avoid them like the plague!

1. Wallowing
2. Losing focus
3. Not defining who you are
4. Skipping your skills
5. Neglecting to investigate
6. Ruling out opportunities
7. Avoiding support

Read the complete article from Scrubsmag.com: The 7 Deadly Sins of Job Hunting.

At Pathway Medical we are constantly searching for news and information that is most interesting to the nurses and healthcare employers we work with.  Check out this month’s Top Nursing and Healthcare Headlines; giving you insight into news trending in popularity among Pathway Medical’s nursing and healthcare network.

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Bipolar Headlines on Nursing and Healthcare Employment
Various Sources

Half of all Patients Do Not Adhere to Prescription Guidelines – Costing $100 Billion in Avoidable Hospitalizations
New England Journal of Medicine

Satisfaction among Health Plan Members Decreases Considerably from 2009
J.D. Power

Seven Qualities You Must Have in Your Nurse Case Manager; an Insider’s Perspective
Worker’s Comp Kit Blog

Difference Between Nurse Case Manager and Geriatric Care Managers
CarenetLA

New Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Toolkit
American Health Information Management Association

Is Your Board Missing a Nurse?
HealthLeaders Media

Hospital Admissions May Require Watching and Waiting
KevinMD.com

A Nurse Case Manager Shares What Case Management is all About
Charlotte Summers, RN

New Study Implicates Healthcare Utilization Rates in Colorectal Cancer Disparities
National Institutes of Health

Tip: Keep Case Management Notes Short and Sweet
HCPro

Registered Nurse Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11
Bureau Labor Statistics

National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Hospitals Lean Toward Process Improvement Concepts like Six Sigma
HealthLeaders Media

State by State Map of Healthcare Reform Impact
HealthReform.gov

Report Examines what’s Motivating Nurses to Look For New Jobs
Pathway Medical

Patient Education Can Be a Low-key Marketing Tool for Hospitals
American Medical News

2010 Drivers of CDI and HIM Staffing
Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACIDS)

Study Measures Positive Impact of Workplace Flexibility
Boston College Center for Work and Family

Top 5 Lies about Healthcare Clarified
PolitiFact.com

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We have updates virtually every half hour from leading healthcare sources and respected names in the industry.  You’d be surprised at what you can learn from scanning the headlines for just five minutes every day.

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As healthcare employers cut jobs, there is also tremendous job creation in this sector of the economy. If you follow healthcare employment in the news the headlines have a feel of being bipolar.  Take nursing for example; one day there is an article highlighting how many jobs will be created in nursing, just to be followed by an article about a tough nursing job market.

Here are some of the latest articles on the subject to help you decide how the current environment will impact your specific employment situation.

Overall, Nursing Job Opportunities Expected to be Excellent
Bureau Labor Statistics
Registered Nurse Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition

Healthcare Creates 26,000 jobs in March
HealthLeaders Media

Mass Layoffs at Hospitals Increased in January
American Medical News

Hospitals One of the Most Stable Sources of Jobs in Our Economy Today
American Medical News

Hospital CEO Turnover Reaches Decade High
American College of Healthcare Executives

U.S. Hospitals Lay Off 723 Workers in 11 Mass Layoff Incidents
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Nursing Graduates Face Tough Job Market
FierceHealthcare

Former Nurses Return to Jobs in Droves
CT Post.com

New York Hospitals Under the Knife – Cutting 2,600 Jobs Starting in July 2010
Wall Street Journal

Nursing Grads Having Tough Time Finding Jobs
USA Today Video

We have even written a little something on the subject…

Report Examines What is Motivating 57% of Nurses to Look for New Jobs
Pathway Medical Staffing

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