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Support nurses with job embeddedness
Use this model to promote nurse retention.
Takeaways:
The recent pandemic, and potential consequential post-traumatic stress disorder, might affect nurse retention significantly.
Strategically planned job...
Effective advocacy
Katie Boston-Leary wants nurses to shape the future.
Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, is director of nursing programs at the American Nurses Association...
Adverse event reporting and root cause analysis
Increasing nurses’ understanding can reduce errors.
Takeaways
Maintaining patient safety is pivotal to nursing practice; the complexities of healthcare call for more in-depth attention to...
Change for the better
ANA liaison to the ACIP has a lifelong commitment to public health.
Chad Rittle, DNP, MPH, RN, FAAOHN, associate professor of nursing at Chatham University...
Face your fears and forge ahead
Cathleen Wheatley steps up to a challenge.
Cathleen Wheatley, DNP, RN, CENP, is president of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina,...
Benefits of feedback for nurse leaders
Viewing feedback as a gift enhances career growth.
Takeaways:
Without feedback, beginning nurse leaders’ careers can be derailed
Constructive feedback can lead to significant performance...
Leading the nursing profession
A roadmap for every nurse leader’s career journey
Ongoing challenges related to the pandemic have stretched nurse leaders and their teams in unexpected ways. How...
Managing new nurse fear and anxiety
Simple strategies can help with transition to practice.
Takeaways:
Many nurses who graduated in 2020 and 2021 (in the midst of the pandemic) found themselves...
The power of perspective
Christine Pacini wants nurses’ expertise to drive change.
Takeaways:
When frontline nurses feel empowered to lead, patient outcomes improve, work flow is safer and more...
CNO-CFO collaboration for safe nurse staffing
Steps for building a partnership.
Takeaways:
Collaboration between chief nursing and finance officers builds trust and is essential to address the challenges of balancing the...
Uplifting nurses
Associations respond to member needs in a pandemic.
In 2020, what kept me up at night was nurses’ well-being and how they’ve been dealing with...
Powering policy with nurse expertise
Jeri Milstead is inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame.
Jeri Milstead, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, has built her legacy on advocating for nurses’ involvement...
Mitigating the threat of lost knowledge
A looming shortage of expert nurses requires strategies to accelerate knowledge transfer.
Takeaways:
Healthcare organizations are facing the challenge of retaining expert knowledge as the...
