@article{ref1,
title="It Starts with a Conversation: A Community Approach to Creating Healthy Work Environments",
journal="Journal of continuing education in nursing",
year="2011",
author="Longo, Joy and Dean, Amy and Norris, Shelby Darlene and Wexner, Suzette W. and Kent, Leslie N.",
volume="42",
number="1",
pages="27-35",
abstract="A healthy work environment is needed to retain nurses. Among the factors that contribute to a healthy work environment are collaboration and communication. Through the leadership of the Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc., a dialogue was started among health care stakeholders in Palm Beach County, Florida, resulting in a health care work force partnership community collaboration and initiatives to address the retention of nurses. One initiative was sponsoring a &quot;train-the-trainer&quot; program to raise awareness and provide skills for addressing factors that could affect work relationships, including emotional intelligence, generational differences, cultural competency and health literacy, employee crisis, and horizontal violence. A 6-month program evaluation was completed by the participants. A community approach provides a means for providers and educators to address common work force issues collaboratively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-0124",
doi="10.3928/00220124-20100901-03",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20100901-03"
}