An Interview With Mike Singer, CEO, Careismatic Brands, Inc
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Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Interview Source Type: research
From Idea to Market: An Interview With an Entrepreneur
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Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Interview Source Type: research
Realizing the Value of Nursing Through Innovative Regulation
This article describes several innovative programs initiated by a board of nursing. Among the examples include regulatory waivers during the pandemic, collaborations with stakeholder organizations, a resource for nursing peer-review committees, and an alternative remediation option for practice breakdown. With strong leadership and committed teams, regulation can both protect the public and play a part in actualizing the value of nursing. (Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly)
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Value of Including the Nursing Perspective in the Boardroom
This article highlights the insights of organizational board leaders, as they describe the impact and influence of nurse board members within their organizations. (Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly)
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Nurses on Boards: Still a Challenge for Health Care Organizations
This article shares what all nurse leaders can do to increase the visibility of nurses as competent, valuable voices at the board table. (Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly)
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Value-Based Payment: What Does It Mean for Nurses?
Among the many lessons that have been reinforced by the SARS-COVID-19 pandemic is the failure of our current fee-for-service health care system to either adequately respond to patient needs or offer financial sustainability. This has enhanced bipartisan interest in moving forward with value-based payment reforms. Nurses have a rich history of innovative care models that speak to their potential centrality in delivery system reforms. However, deficits in terms of educational preparation, and in some cases resistance, to considering cost alongside quality, has hindered the profession's contribution to the conversation about ...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Guest Editorial
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Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
From the Editor
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Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - June 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
An Innovative Wellness Partner Program to Support the Health and Well-being of Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation and Outcomes
Responding to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to exacerbate anxiety, burnout, fatigue, and distress already being experienced by nurses in ever greater numbers. An innovative Wellness Partner Program was developed with an aim to enhance the health and well-being of nurses on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Nurses across the country opted in to the program, and were paired with advanced practice nursing (APN) graduate students who served as the nurses' wellness partners. Areas emphasized in the program included (1) personalized support for wellness; (2) prioritizing physic...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Opportunities in Chaos: Leveraging Innovation to Create a New Reality in Nursing Education
This article details how the leadership at one institution leveraged transformational change theory to support faculty, staff, and students during this time of rapid change. Additionally, the article discusses the use of transformational change theory and the ongoing institutional commitment to meeting curricular goals and objectives while maintaining a commitment to being student focused. (Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly)
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Implementing a Mentorship Program for New Nurses During a Pandemic
This article describes the implementation of an evidence-based mentoring program for new registered nurses (RNs) hired into medical-surgical units in a small community-based hospital during the unfolding of the SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The hospital's nursing leadership supported the program implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a broader support system to new RNs to improve nurse retention. During a response to the pandemic, the medical-surgical units faced numerous process changes in a short time, which further reinforced the urgency of an additional support system for the newly hired RNs. (Source: ...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Nurse Leaders' Knowledge and Confidence Managing Disasters in the Acute Care Setting
Whether natural or human-induced, disasters are a global issue that impact health care systems' operations, especially in the acute care setting. The current COVID-19 pandemic is a recent illustration of how health care systems and providers, especially nurses, respond to a rapidly evolving crisis. Nurse leaders in the acute care setting are pivotal in responding to the multifactorial challenges caused by a disaster. A quality improvement project was developed to increase nurse leaders' knowledge and confidence in disaster management during the COVID-19 pandemic at 2 Magnet-designated acute care hospitals within the John M...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Has the COVID Pandemic Strengthened or Weakened Health Care Teams? A Field Guide to Healthy Workforce Best Practices
During the 2020 global pandemic crisis, some health care teams pulled together while others fell apart. The teams who pulled together put aside their differences and became stronger, putting their patients first and then each other. Those teams grew stronger, but some teams completely fell apart. They spent their days nitpicking, complaining, and arguing—making decisions based on what was best for themselves, not patients or their coworkers. The common denominator in determining how well teams performed was the leader. Employees looked to their leaders to successfully lead them through crisis, whether it was on a small o...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The COVID-19 Crucible: 2 Lived Experiences at the Epicenter
This article describes how a national nursing association and a major academic medical center responded to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic during the first wave of the outbreak in the United States (January to August 2020). The organizations share their lived experiences as they quickly found themselves at the forefront of the crisis. The article discusses how early warning signs from a world away sparked collaboration, innovation, and action that grew to a coordinated, organization-wide response. It also explores how leaders in 2 distinct but interrelated environments rose to the challenge to leverage the...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Leading Through Chaos: Perspectives From Nurse Executives
The COVID-19 crisis created unique and interesting challenges for health care systems and changed how health care professionals delivered care. Evidence suggests that leadership skills remain of utmost importance during crises as it is the leader who often determines the response of the follower. A descriptive qualitative approach was used to ascertain the essence of nurse executive leadership and innovation during the COVID-19 crisis. Nurse executives were recruited via personal invitations to participate in the study. Participants were asked about their current challenges of COVID-19 on health care delivery, their leader...
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - March 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
