Best Practices for Recruitment and Retention of Nurses and Nursing Assistive Personnel

From October 2002 through July 2004, the Center for Health Workforce Planning funded seven demonstration projects with the intent of identifying successful recruitment and retention strategies for replication across Iowa. Several of the projects have created manuals, reports and Power Point presentations which share their findings and provide useful strategies for other employers and associations to implement.

Demonstration Project Reports:

Nursing and Nursing Assistive Personnel Recruitment and Retention--Replicating Best Practices Across Iowa, Summary Report, September 2004

Power Point Presentations from Selected Demonstration Projects:

Competency-based Orientation Manual Development and Ergonomic and Palm Pilot Technology (file size: 1.80 MB)

Hancock County Memorial Hospital/Hancock County Public Health/Hancock County Home Care Aide Service

Building Bridges...and Strengthening Nursing (file size: 675 KB)

Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa

Iowa Leadership Training Coalition (file size: 96 KB)

Iowa Association of Colleges of Nursing

Internship Demonstration Project (file size: 85 KB)

Ottumwa Regional Health Center

Re-entry into Nursing Program (file size: 226 KB)

Southeastern Community College

Products for Implementation from Selected Deomonstration Projects:
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Regional Hospitals Competency-based Orientation: Standardized Study Modules for the Certified Nursing Assistant (file size: 793 KB)

Hancock County Memorial Hospital

Contact Information

Iowa Health Workforce Center
Iowa Dept of Public Health
321 East 12 St., 4th fl. Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-6211
FAX (515) 242.6384