Essentials for Our Maturing Nurses

Our Maturing Workforce

Recognizing the wealth of clinical expertise, organizational knowledge and judgment that experienced/mature nurses bring to the patient bedside, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is committed to creating and strengthening programs that improve the retention of the experienced/older nurse and to investigating and providing solutions and opportunities for our maturing workers to ensure we continue to provide the best patient care possible while maintaining excellence in our workplace for all of our employees.

 

Best Practices

Benchmarking best practices with other organizations indicated the areas below are key in recruiting and retaining an active and engaged maturing workforce.

Initiatives are underway in each of these areas and are being reviewed by our Maturing Workforce Committee, Senior Advisory Group, Human Resources and our executive leadership team.
 

Best Practices