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HR Pulse Magazine
Among the highest-rated benefits of ASHHRA membership is access to the HR Pulse magazine – a quarterly journal covering cutting-edge issues in healthcare HR, as well as best practices, case studies and organizational messages highlighting critical topics in the industry.
The HR Pulse quarterly magazine is now fully digital! Featuring the same trusted content, insightful interviews, and wide range of essential healthcare HR topics that you have come to expect from HR Pulse in print — available exclusively online. To provide this valuable resource with the entire healthcare HR community, each new issue will be available to both ASHHRA members and non-members until the next issue becomes available. After that, only ASHHRA members will be able to access the issue, along with the full archive collection.
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Welcome to the Fall 2025 issue of HR Pulse!
This issue features essential healthcare HR topics including artificial intelligence, leadership, workplace culture, healthcare equity, and more.
A New Direction at the NLRB, and Not a Moment Too Soon
Union election activity in healthcare has slowed in 2025 due to NLRB disruptions under the new administration, but physician organizing is accelerating rapidly. Page 7
Chris Cimino
Navigating Complexity: How AI and Chatbots Simplify Onboarding in Healthcare HR
AI and chatbots are transforming healthcare HR by streamlining hiring and onboarding, reducing administrative burdens, ensuring compliance, and enhancing employee experiences. Page 10
Dr. Eric Richardson, Ph.D., MPH, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, CHHR and Dr. Jean Gordon, BSN, MS/HRM, MSN/ED, MBA/AAC, FNP, DBA
Hiring New Grads and Upskilling Workers for Healthcare Roles
Emphasizing skills-based hiring and competency-driven work-based learning programs, such as apprenticeships, can help healthcare organizations more effectively recruit, train, and retain new graduates while improving patient outcomes and workforce resilience. Page 13
Amy Mackenroth, MA
The Balladeer Children’s Program: An Innovative Benefit That Helped Reconnect a Workforce
Ballad Health’s Balladeer Children’s Program has significantly boosted morale, engagement, and retention—demonstrating how family-focused initiatives can strengthen workforce loyalty and resilience. Page 15
Annie Brenner, M.Ed; Shawna Dehart, BS; and Hamlin J. Wilson, MS
In a Perfect World: What National Nursing Credentialing Could Look Like
Outdated, state-by-state nursing credentialing creates barriers to mobility and timely care, but national credentialing can reduce delays, support workforce flexibility, and address critical staffing shortages. Page 17
Patti Artley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Resilience. It Isn’t a Skill. It’s Not a Trait. It’s a Choice.
Resilience is the decision to show up even when you’re uncertain, to keep moving when you feel broken, which Maureen O’Brien understood when she heard the dreaded words, “You have cancer.” Page 19
Maureen O’Brien
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