Understanding the Journey in Nurse Staffing, a half-day interactive seminar that will provide information on the current and future state of the nursing workforce, is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2 at the HASC Los Angeles Office.

Participants will learn strategies to proactively develop an effective nursing workforce staffing plan that will lead to quality patient care. Course objectives include identifying current nursing workforce trends; describing the steps to create a succession plan for management and staff RNs; defining the staffing climate of an organization; and explaining the key considerations for building an internal staff float pool.

After an introduction from Christian Hon, regional sales director, ShiftWise, the event will include the following topics/speakers:

• Nursing Workforce Trends, Deloras Jones, RN, MS,executive director, California Institute for Nursing & Health Care
• Succession Planning, Patricia Hines, PhD, RN, vice president, The Camden Group
• The Staffing Climate in Nursing: Concept and Application, Holly A. De Groot, PhD, RN, FAAN, chief executive officer, Catalyst Systems, LLC
• How to Build an Internal Float Pool, Christian Hon, regional sales director, ShiftWise and Jeff Niles, vice president, Sales and Marketing, ShiftWise

This session is open to HASC hospital members and is free of charge. Seating is limited. Please register online for this event.