It provides health-related advice on its website that all readers can benefit from, not simply those who use its services. As well as reaching out to the wider population of patients, it honors those within its fold who serve the organization with nights such as its "Celebrating Our Talent" ceremony designed to honor organizational members who have shown excellence in their duties (Boyd 2012). The climate at the organization stresses valuing employees as well as clients, and serving the needs of its employees is included in the organization's statements of its critical functions. This acknowledges the need for caregivers to be cared for as well as patients. There is also a commitment to technological change to facilitate care: the organization was praised in 2003 for completely reconfiguring the way in which it kept track of patient data, switching to an entirely online system, to comply with changes in regulation and to make tracking data more effective (Strategic profile: Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 2003, CIO).

The VNSNY's treatment of nurses as valuable is instructive. Nursing...

Nursing talent is both celebrated and cultivated. The climate of support and dynamism supports a culture of education and growth, as well as the care of patients.
References

Boyd, Tracey. (2012). VNSNY home care agency praises nursing talent. VNSNY. Retrieved:

http://news.nurse.com/article/20110822/NY02/108220023

Mission and vision. (2013). VNSNY. Retrieved:

http://www.vnsny.org/about-us/vision-mission/

Strategic profile: Visiting Nurse Service of New York. (2003). CIO. Retrieved:

http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-News/Strategic-Profile-Visiting-Nurse-Service-o f-New-York/

Weston, Stacey. (2013). A message from our Vice President of Development

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs048/1102261742615/archive/1109133521623.html

What is home care research? (2013). VNSNY. Retrieved:

http://www.vnsny.org/vnsny-research/what-is-home-care-research/