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St. Barnabas Health System created a staff retention program to reduce the approximately two-thirds staff turnover at its two long-term care facilities and its outpatient center. The program started with a study that revealed that workers who stayed at the facilities shared some common traits and attitudes. The program expanded the hiring process to search out those candidates who dealt best the elderly, death, and repeated work with bodily functions. St. Barnabas also instituted a training program for nursing assistants.
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Boston, MA's Beth Israel Hospital began implementing primary nursing in 1974. This technique resulted in nurses being assigned to individual patients so that patients do not see an abundant number of hospital staff and there is better communication between nurses and patients and their families. Primary nursing has evolved to keep up with changes between 1974 and 1994 and it has decreased management layers in hospitals.
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New York, NY-based Mount Sinai Medical Center has placed all relevant disciplines in the cardiovascular unit on one floor of the hospital. This technique enables all the heart care specialists to work together. Patients are admitted on this floor and only see approximately 17 different medical staff rather than 110 as in ordinary hospital situations. This technique will provide more personalized care.
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