Best Practices to Create Welcoming and Supportive Work Environments
What makes a great supportive work environment? Nursing is the heart of health care organizations. The main factors for nurses leaving their place of employment includes poor working conditions, low pay, unsafe work environments, resources to work effectively, limited career and educational opportunities (Wiskow, Albreht & Pietro, 2010). Therefore, it is essential to hire the right people that will create a friendly atmosphere and supportive work environment. In a recent study of the best places to work Schwartz (2011) reported that employers who empower their employees are more considerable committed, productive, and produce better outcomes than employees who are less empowered. …show more content…
In 2004, the Institute of Medicine report, “In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce stresses the need to attract diversity healthcare professionals among health care organizations (Beard, 2014). It is imperative for healthcare providers to attract a diverse workforce that reflects patients’ diverse culture and background. Studies have shown that there are roughly 33% of the United States population belongs to a racial or minority group and will account for the majority of the population by 2042 (Hassmiller, 2010). Creating a diverse work environment include developing a recruitment strategy that support the organization’s diversity goals; partnership with job agencies, universities, and other academic institutions that support the organization’s vision; implement diversity policies, training for all personnel and diversity teams (Mayhew, 2015). To create a successful welcoming and supportive workforce in healthcare, organizations must define clear and specific strategies to accomplish the diversity goal to attract and retain good employees. Afterwards, build the organization with the complex, diverse multi-dimensional talent by empowering them with long-term success to accomplish their jobs and support the organization’s mission and goals.

References
Beard, K. V. (2014). How much diversity in nursing is enough?. American Journal of Nursing, 114(9), 11 http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/JournalArticle?Article_ID=2563613&Journal_ID=540 30&Issue_ID=2563608
Hassmiller, S. (2010). Nursing’s role in healthcare reform. American Nurse Today, 5(9), 68-69. http://www.americannursetoday.com/nursings-role-in-healthcare-reform/
Mayhew, R. (2015). How to create a diverse