This conference delves into the links between nurse staffing and patient safety and features strategies that health care leaders have used to become the preferred workplace for employees and the preferred provider for patients. These strategies include developing leadership skills at all levels in your organization, establishing programs to increase the supply of qualified nurses, and supporting a work environment that fosters retention and recruitment. This program also examines current organizational risks in hiring practices.

The availability of qualified nurses is a primary concern of health care executives across the country. When there is a nursing shortage, patient safety is threatened and health care quality is diminished.  This conference delves into the links between nurse staffing and patient safety. It focuses on how health care leaders can transform organizations to become preferred workplaces for employees and to provide safe environments of care for patients.