What’s on nurses’ minds? Hear manager and clinician perspectives from American Nurse Journal’s fourth annual Nursing Trends and Salary Survey. The results reveal much about what nurses are experiencing during this tumultuous year. From COVID-19, workplace violence, and disaster preparedness to job satisfaction, turnover, and workload, you’ll learn what nurses think about these important issues and more. 

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is top of mind, there will always be a crisis that affects the nursing workforce, whether it’s a natural disaster, a strike, or something else. Health systems need to be ready to deliver high-quality patient care, contain costs, and protect and support their staff during times of crisis. How can nurse executives lead their health system to put in place a workforce management strategy that accounts for crises so that the response is organized and thoughtful? Nursing and finance leaders who have managed crises ranging from COVID-19 to devastating fires will share their experiences and provide valuable insights.

This webinar will feature a panel of national nurse leaders and security experts on the critical need to have nurses begin to perceive cybersecurity as an essential extension of their commitment to patient safety. Cybervigilance is the responsibility of each healthcare provider. In the age of COVID, with new vulnerabilities presented by pandemic-related phishing schemes, ransomware, and the increased prevalence of telehealth, fighting the fallacy that cybersecurity is “owned” by an IT team takes ongoing organizational awareness via training and cultural change.

The global pandemic, with its still unfolding morbidity and mortality consequences and lethal potential, has further raised the bar on already-conscientious nurses and other healthcare providers at the patient point of care. The very technology which has vastly improved patient outcomes, facilitated patient tracking and diagnosis, and greatly diminished the risk of medical error, does itself present a source of infection if not considered in the same realm as other contamination risks.

Even with the recent Coronavirus outbreak,  you’re likely hearing a lot about infection prevention techniques, particularly hand hygiene.  But the truth is - it works if done right - and is one of the best practices for yourself and your patients to prevent infections.  We’ve made great strides in HAI reduction over the years, reducing infections by 16% over the past five years. But tens of thousands die each year from an HAI. Spend twenty minutes with American Nurse to heighten your understanding around managing infection risks, preventing HAIs and antibiotic resistance, patient safety and advocacy, effective communication, and overcoming hurdles to implement reliable infection prevention practices.

Be Confident Protecting Yourself and Providing the Best Care to Your Patients during this COVID-19 Pandemic