TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - It Starts with a Conversation: A Community Approach to Creating Healthy Work Environments
JO  - Journal of continuing education in nursing
A1  - Longo, Joy
A1  - Dean, Amy
A1  - Norris, Shelby Darlene
A1  - Wexner, Suzette W.
A1  - Kent, Leslie N.
SP  - 27
EP  - 35
VL  - 42
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "train-the-trainer" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-0124
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20100901-03
ID  - ref1
ER  -