Nurse staffing is top of mind for most nurse leaders today. In the 2021 American Association of Critical Care Nurses Healthy Work Environment survey released last week, the standard looking at RN staffing which ensures the effective match between patient needs and nurse competencies was rated at a shockingly low average of 2.35 … [Read more...]
Helping New Nurses With Critical Thinking Skills
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Onboarding new graduates this year will take a village. A nurse manager recently shared her concerns, "I am shocked at how underprepared our new nurses are this year. While doing leader rounding, I asked a new graduate about her patient, and her assessment of … [Read more...]
The Childcare Crisis
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The childcare crisis in the United States today has become a nurse staffing crisis, especially in acute care hospitals where many nurses are in their peak childbearing years. We can no longer ignore the impact of what is happening here. I hear cries for help from managers in almost every retention workshop that I do. The … [Read more...]
Decision Making in Today’s Environment
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC How quickly do you make decisions in your healthcare environment? In our fast-paced world, it is a question that all of us should be asking. A colleague recently told me that their new CNO seemed frustrated with the convoluted decision-making process in their entrenched … [Read more...]
Teaching Nurses Situational Awareness
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN We are experiencing a shocking number of physical assaults in our healthcare environments. In testimony given to Congress about pending legislation on workplace violence now in Congress, leaders from the American Nurses Association reported that one in four nurses had been physically assaulted on the job, but many of these … [Read more...]
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