“If we recruited 500,000 nurses and nurse aides today, we’d be short again in a month because we don’t have a workforce culture that is welcoming to new people,” says Lori Porter in a frank and lively interview in the April issue of Long Term Care Living.
Porter, the founder and CEO of the National Association of Health Care Assistants, talks about some of the factors that lead to burnout and alienation among long-term care staff and some of the strategies her organization teaches for motivating frontline staff. “When people can see the end result of their work, they know their contribution means something,” she says. “So that’s the focus of a lot of our programs.”
Elise Nakhnikian, Senior Online Editor
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I think you are greatly on target. I want to put together a statewide conference with workers and agencies in order for people to understand that there is a great need to be sensitive to workers’ needs in order for them to continue in this field. Are you willing to participate?
We are currently addressing culture change in our facilities.
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It is a painful process. This article tells the story.
We are willing to present to process.
Yvonne Atkinson
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