Kronos^® Discusses Selection and On-boarding Best Practices for Long-Term Care at AHCA / NCAL Conference

What:

Kronos^® Incorporated scientists, Kristin Charles, Ph.D., and Autumn Krauss, Ph.D., will provide American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA / NCAL) conference attendees with a strategic session on the importance of utilizing effective staffing and on-boarding processes to engage and retain high-performing nursing staff.

When:

Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Where:

2010 AHCA / NCAL 61st Annual Convention
Long Beach, Calif.
Kronos is exhibiting in booth # 1066

Why:

It is essential for long-term care organizations to retain top performers, particularly within their nursing departments – however; many organizations do not utilize staffing and on-boarding programs that provide the appropriate level of applicant job awareness and staff mentoring, to thoroughly educate and engage their staff. A research study sponsored by The Workforce Institute at Kronos and completed by the Kronos science team reveals that long-term care organizations who want to retain top-performing nursing staff must use selection and on-boarding best practices to effectively impact nursing staff engagement and retention. These best practices include providing nursing applicants with realistic job previews; assigning mentors to new nursing aides; and standardizing on-boarding and training processes throughout long-term care departments and facilities.