Do Both Background and Reference Checks Provide Value?
According to a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey, 92% of employers conduct some sort of reference check on employment candidates, usually as a part of the pre-employment screening process (87%).1 When hiring for a new position, employers want accurate and verifiable information on prospective employees, such as the candidate ’s qualifications and history, to help ensure they will be a suitable fit for the role and the organization. Such screening is typically accomplished by engaging in 1 (or both) of 2 alternatives: background checks and reference checks. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - February 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Beth A. Brooks Tags: The Career Coaching Corner Column Source Type: research
What Does Your Calendar Say About Your Leadership?
Within the acute care setting, the chief nursing officer is often the member of the C-suite whose time is most sought after. Large spans of control, matrixed relationships, and the need for clinical input into strategic and operational decision making contribute to this demand. An assessment of the author ’s calendar provides insight into opportunities for greater sharing of the workload, consideration for alternative calendar scheduling models, and a plan for less work commitment outside of work hours. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - February 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Damita Williams Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Interview With Beverly Bokovitz, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Beverly Bokovitz, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN is Chief Nursing Officer at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa, Florida. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - February 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Roxane Spitzer Tags: What ’s on Your Desk? Source Type: research
Table of Contents
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Editorial Board
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Aonl 2024
Get ready for next-level learning, networking, and thought leadership in New Orleans, April 8-11, 2024. The AONL 2024 Annual Conference has the inspiration and empowerment for nurse leaders working in any setting. Join like-minded colleagues from across the country for 3 days of prime education, innovation, and collaboration, and stay for the vibrant NOLA experience. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - February 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Tags: AONL Source Type: research
A Colorado Clinical –Academic Partnership to Advance Pediatric Nursing Science Through Transformational Leadership
Nursing must lead the way in redesigning health care through nursing science. To meet this call to action, clear leadership with vision and innovative collaboration is required wherein all nurses are leaders playing a role in asking questions across diverse approaches to inquiry. Clinical –academic partnerships remain a key strategy to strengthen nursing practice and prepare nurses with skills to serve as change agents. In Colorado, we have formalized a unique bidirectional clinical–academic partnership between Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado College of Nursing. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 30, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Lindsey Marie Tarasenko, Figaro L. Loresto, Scott Harpin, Patricia Givens, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Catherine R. Kleiner, Teri L. Hernandez Source Type: research
Development of a Clinical Nurse Specialist Internship to Promote Evidence-Based Practice and Improve Outcomes
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) are pivotal members of the health care team who drive quality outcomes and best practices. Unfortunately, many organizations have vacant CNS positions due to a nationwide CNS shortage. The CNS Academy is a novel internship program launched at a large health care system to recruit nurses to pursue CNS education while providing hands-on experience as a CNS intern. This “grow your own” approach provides on-the-job opportunities to gain CNS competencies and ease role transition upon graduation. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 28, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Karrie Boss, Cynthia Wilk, Penelope Gorsuch, Tracey Motter Tags: Featured article Source Type: research
Nurse Manager Competencies Associated with Business Skills and Principles Are Compromising Stability of the Workforce
Nurse managers ’ academic training and post-employment resources for developing skills required to manage local staffing needs are under-reported. Using a qualitative descriptive design, we conducted surveys to assess nurse manager perceptions of existing staffing tools, access to tools, and knowledge of their d epartment’s unit of service, labor standard, and budgeted nonproductive time. The purpose was to determine the specific gaps in nurse manager knowledge related to determining staffing needs. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Kelly M. Kester, Jill Engel, Mary Lindsay, Mary Ann Fuchs, Bradi B. Granger Source Type: research
The Application of Transformational Leadership in Nursing
Facilitating the application of transformational leadership to prelicensure nursing students in academia supports the transition of those learnt attributes to the clinical arena. The future of the next generation of nurse leaders is safe. This paper demonstrates the process of applying the concepts of transformational leadership in prelicensure nursing students in a classroom setting. The concepts of transformational leadership are exemplified using real-life examples. The aim of this paper is to illustrate how transformational leadership is enacted in the classroom setting and can empower the developing and evolving preli...
Source: Nurse Leader - January 25, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Catrina Heffernan Source Type: research
Preparing New Graduate Nurses
Nurse residency programs promote quality of nursing care through standardization of evidence-based nursing practice and support the new nurse transition from academic to the clinical setting. Substantial evidence demonstrates that nurse residency programs improve nurse outcomes such as retention, satisfaction, and competence; however, little is known or studied about the impact on patient outcomes related to the quality and safety of nursing care. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the impact of the implementation of nurse residency programs on subsequent improvements in objectively measured nurse...
Source: Nurse Leader - January 25, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Tammy Webb, Amy Huett, Pearman Parker, Judith Weber, Mei Bai, Tracie Harrison, La-Kenya Kellum, Corey Nagel Source Type: research
Promoting Health Equity for Black Men
For over a century, health indicators for Black men in the United States have lagged behind that of other groups. Underlying the poor health of Black men are health inequities that result from social conditions that adversely affect their health. Nurses are well equipped to promote health equity for individuals, communities, and populations. The purpose of this paper is to present strategies that nurse leaders can implement within their organizations and surrounding communities to promote health equity for Black men. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 23, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: LaDonia D. Patterson Tags: Featured article Source Type: research
Developing and Sustaining an Effective Executive Nursing Council Structure in an Academic Medical Center
Nurse leaders are dependent on establishing and maintaining highly functional productive council structures to guide and ensure that our patients ’, staff’s, families’, and organizational needs are met. When critical decisions need to be made that may involve multiple departments, nurses working in silos can be counterproductive and delay critical decisions. In academic health systems, the risks for working in isolation are even greater due to the systems' complex nature. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how one academic medical center in an academic health system developed a highly effective organized str...
Source: Nurse Leader - January 22, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Lauraine Spano-Szekely, Nadine Iris Drescher, Gail Geraghty, Jennifer Rengifo, Benjamin Bass, Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky Source Type: research
Nurse Leader Positivity and Hope
A chief nursing officer shared some thoughts about maintaining hope and positivity even when the environment is turbulent, and there are no good solutions to many of her challenges.It is very challenging to be an executive leader right now. Staffing is short. Finances are an ever-growing problem. Relationships with our union partners have grown more contentious. Patients and families are unhappy because their expectations often exceed the reality of what we can deliver in care. It can be difficult to remain hopeful when none of us know what is on the other side of this messy middle that we seem to be in. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 20, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Rose O. Sherman Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Empowering Nurses in an Era of Workplace Violence: A Pilot Study
We describe the results of a pilot study of the use of a violence assessment tool to promote nurse empowerment, satisfaction, and retention. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 16, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Meriel McCollum, Kerry McLaughlin, Jennifer Garcia, Anna Santos, Jason Lesandrini Source Type: research
