Registered Nurses ’ Reflections on Redeployment: Report of an Organizational Learning Activity
Unplanned change in response to a crisis presents a unique opportunity for organization learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses (RN) experienced workplace change at a pace that is unprecedented in recent decades. The purpose of this qualitative study was to contribute to organizational learning through analysis of nurses ’ experiences within a 3-tiered model of nursing redeployment. Three key themes emerged that highlight the importance of relationships and working conditions during periods of rapid change, and the potential impact of unplanned change on longer-term RN career planning. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 5, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Dana M. Womack, S.Basilia Basin, Nancy H. Vuckovic, Deborah H. Eldredge, Carolyn D. Sliney, Alycia S. Rivera-Tutsch, Barbara D. Bonnice Source Type: research
The Role of Nursing Faculty in Developing a Culture of Social Justice Using the Tripartite Mission
Nursing faculty are in a unique position to develop and transform a societal and academic imperative for social justice. Academia ’s tripartite mission of teaching, scholarship, and service guides the profession’s development through educating future nurses, advancing clinical expertise and scope of practice, generating new knowledge, and providing service to the public. We have provided exemplars of how the University of Iowa College of Nursing has been committed to social justice and serves as the foundation upon which we explore the multifaceted roles of nurse leaders in academia. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - January 3, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Lynette Cooper, Stephanie Gilbertson-White, M. Lindell Joseph Tags: Featured article Source Type: research
Health Promoting Self-Care: Evaluating the Impact of 28-Day Food and Fitness Program on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Health Care Workers
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the impact of the 28-Day Food and Fitness Program on the physical and mental well-being of health care workers. Social determinants of health significantly impact an individual ’s overall well-being and quality of life. Access to nutritious foods and physical activity is crucial to positive physical and mental well-being. The urgency for hospital executives, administrators, and leaders to prioritize the physical and mental well-being of health care workers has become inc reasingly evident with unprecedented rates of burnout, stress, and turnover following the COVID-19 pandemic....
Source: Nurse Leader - January 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Gena Oppenheim, Giancarlo Lyle-Edrosolo, Ross Bindler, Emily Enos, Marlon Garzo Saria Source Type: research
The Power of Self-Scheduling: Frontline Nurses ’ Insights and Perspectives to Achieve Staffing Flexibility
The nursing workforce is in a crisis, and workforce flexibility for nurses is a promising solution to alleviating the crisis. Despite alignment on the importance of flexibility, frontline nurses and health care executives define workforce flexibility differently. A survey of 500 nurses was completed to understand how frontline nurses define and perceive flexibility through a variety of flexible work arrangements. Recommendations for improving nursing workforce flexibility include increasing flexible work practices and offerings such as self-scheduling, part-time work, per-diem, and internal gig work. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 30, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Sarah Gray, Michelle Ragusa Morris, Danielle Bowie Source Type: research
When Life Gives You Lemons …A Lesson on Prosilience
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This is a popular saying that is meant to evoke optimism in the face of adversity. This is an exercise on resilience. Resilience, simply put, is the ability to bounce back from adversity or the proverbial lemon. It is taking the sourness out of a crisis and making it more palatable through thoughtful planning. The value of resilience cannot be overstated. We survived a global pandemic but are still in the midst of an economic, political, and environmental crisis. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 28, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Uvannie Enriquez Source Type: research
Pathway to Emergency Nursing: An Innovative Academic-Practice Partnership
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent state-level practice regulation changes, one health system sought innovative strategies to prepare new to practice registered nurses (RNs) to directly enter the specialty of emergency nursing. The emergency department (ED) nurse leaders and educators collaborated with an affiliated college of nursing to develop an academic –practice partnership for prelicensure students interested in emergency nursing. The program included both classroom-based instruction and clinical learning in the health system’s EDs. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 27, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Zieman, Brian Fasolka, Ashley Blye, Selena Gilles, Tisha Thompson Source Type: research
Anti-Black Racism and Nursing Leadership
Leadership in the nursing profession plays a key role in upholding social justice and eradicating anti-Black racism. Recognizing that racism is a leading factor shaping health inequities is vital to strategies developed to ameliorate adverse health processes and outcomes. Taking proactive steps to prepare nurse leaders to develop and implement system improvement strategies that tackle internal and external system processes and structures that propagate structural racism and other forms of discrimination in health care systems must be prioritized. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 25, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Roberta Waite, Kenya Beard, G. Rumay Alexander Source Type: research
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Is Not a One-Time Fix: An Enduring Program Requires Ongoing Efforts By Nurse Leaders in the Workplace
Anti-diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) sentiment has been on the rise over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, this negativism, referred to as the “anti-woke” movement by some states, has sustained and expanded these feelings. With the escalation of global migration, it is imperative that nurse leaders build awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in their workplaces if they are to maintain a workforce th at mirrors the communities they serve. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 22, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Deborah C. Stamps Source Type: research
Nursing Workflow Redesign and Technology Are Keys for Virtual Nursing Success
Pandemic-related nurse staffing shortages have warranted the introduction of new, innovative ways to transform nursing practice to ensure safe care delivery. The stage is set for virtual nursing, an innovative nurse practice model that layers an experienced nurse onto the care team to support the bedside nurse. Although this model of nursing care delivery is enabled by technology, the nursing workflow assessments and redesign are key to ensure the model of the technology supports efficiency and does not cause additional workload. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Lavonia Thomas Source Type: research
Nursing Nurses: Fostering Safety and Belonging for Successful Workplace Assimilation of Displaced Nurses From War and Conflict
The ongoing and new wars and conflict occurring in today ’s world have decimated local health care systems and displaced nurses and health care workers. As the demand for nursing professionals continues to rise, identifying and supporting nurses who have experienced involuntary migration as refugees could constitute an underutilized pool of talent with a diverse range of experience and qualifications. Successful assimilation into the US health care system requires a comprehensive strategy that prioritizes safety, and fosters a sense of belonging while considering the evolving needs and expectations of both nurse migrants...
Source: Nurse Leader - December 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Angela Chang Chiu, Jermaine Monk, Maria Docal, Nancy R. Reynolds Source Type: research
Team Building in a Multigenerational Workforce
This article is intended to provide insight into team building without taking generational differences into consideration, based on one leader ’s extensive experience leading teams in a variety of settings. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Karen B. Steiner Source Type: research
Exploring Sleep and Fatigue of Clinical Nurses and Administrative Supervisors
This study investigated the difference in fatigue and sleep quality between day and night shift clinica l nurses and administrative supervisors. Significant differences were found between day and night shift clinical nurses in quality and patterns of sleep, perceptions of the severity and effects of fatigue, and work-related fatigue, but not with administrative supervisors. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Susan H. Weaver, Kimberly Dimino, Kathryn Fleming, Joan Harvey, Maria Manzella, Paula O ’Neill, Mani Paliwal, Maryjo Phillips, Theresa A. Wurmser Source Type: research
Testifying for Passage of the Dignity at Work Act: Bullying Victims ’ Perceptions of Shared Benefits
Workplace bullying upends workplace dynamics, socially isolating stakeholders workplace-wide, leaving them to question their personal safety and well-being. Those directly targeted by bullies ’ well-honed, but petty and obscure, communications often are hesitant to report; when they do, their reports not infrequently are met with confusion—or in some cases, with dismissal—as organizations stand with the bully and deny reports’ veracity or significance. Following their participati on in a virtual hearing to testify for passage the Dignity at Work Act (DAWA) in Massachusetts, study investigators assessed benefits acc...
Source: Nurse Leader - December 15, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Laura Cox Dzurec, Jerry A. Carbo, Laurie Scop Source Type: research
Narrative Nursing
(NN) is a version of storytelling that has been designed to provide the nurse and nurse leader with skills that empower them to acknowledge the meaningfulness of their own work and also provides peer support for the participants. Thus, the NN technique is offered in a group setting. In this paper we describe the implementation of NN workshops for nurse leaders and clinical nurses. We believe that the NN approach can be scaled and thus provide an important tool for nurse leaders to empower themselves and their clinical staff. (Source: Nurse Leader)
Source: Nurse Leader - December 12, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Minjin Kim Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research
Inclusive Leadership: A Framework to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultivate Belonging
Organizations that aim to achieve belonging must ensure strategies for nurturing inclusive leadership to sustain a culture of belonging in all settings. To advance our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategic plan, units and departments adopted the following 4 foundational principles as part of our inclusive leadership strategy: understand the perspectives of nursing and nursing support staff, patients, and families (living a shared vision and building relationships), maintain interprofessional engagement (practicing self-awareness), use data and evidence-based decision-making (creating change), and pri...
Source: Nurse Leader - December 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Simmy King, Renee Roberts-Turner, Tara Taylor Floyd Source Type: research
