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If the cost of replacing a typical employee is up to twice the annual salary of that worker, why dont organizations spend more time and resources trying to retain their employees? Its a question that Beverly Kaye, EdD, CEO and founder of CareerSystems International in Sherman Oaks, CA, thinks about often. If you walked into your office and found a computer stolen, you would rant and rave, she says. But if a $100,000-a-year employee walks out your door, you dont blink an eye.
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During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the massive call-up of local troops and National Guard units in the Tacoma, WA, area created huge problems for Multicare Health System. We lost people all the way up to the level of vice presidents, recalls Todd Kelley, a spokesman for the three-hospital system. Even then, though, when there was a palpable shortage in some areas, we were able to fill in the gaps. And fortunately, it didnt turn into a long-term situation. Everyone was back inside six months, and some even sooner.
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Women are busy working, washing, cooking, and cleaning. They take care of everyone around them before they take care of themselves. They have strong needs for social support. And they frequently have no idea they are at risk for heart disease.
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The studies continue to pile up that show women arent participating in cardiac rehab nearly as much as men. Maybe its because heart disease is still considered a mans problem, even though its actually the No. 1 killer of women. Maybe its because women heart patients tend to be older and sicker than men. Maybe its because not as many women are referred to cardiac rehab or not as many stick with it.
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Targeted enforcement of the most hazardous workplaces, including nursing homes, would increase in the proposed FY 2004 budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA also announced an enhanced enforcement policy for employers who expose their workers to serious safety and health hazards and who continue to defy worker safety and health regulations.
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For a few days last fall, a hospitalist in Duluth, MN, came to work with a lingering cough that he thought was a stubborn case of bronchitis. In fact, he had an active case of tuberculosis and had inadvertently exposed patients and co-workers.
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Despite reports about a possible link between heart problems and the smallpox vaccine, most vaccination sites have reported little more than discomfort among the vaccinees. At one Omaha, NE, hospital, prescreening and preparation led to a smooth, problem-free experience.
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When Joe Jolliff, administrator of the Wyandot County Nursing Home in Upper Sandusky, OH, first brought in a sit-to-stand lift, nursing assistants didnt even want to try it. Today, nursing assistants tell Jolliff they cant imagine going back to life without it.
