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March 2023
TONL News & Updates

The 2023 TONL Annual Conference opened to a sold-out crowd, with 236 registrants. Dr. Jeff Doucette opened with the keynote presentation, “Stabilize, Optimize, Energize: Achieving Next Level Nursing Performance in the New Healthcare Reality.” Dr. Doucette is the Chief Nursing Officer for Press Ganey. He shared the most recent national data on nursing and patient engagement and discussed the critical connection between engagement, safety and quality outcomes. Leadership Blogs authored by Jeff Doucette, DNP, RN, NEQ-BC, FACHE, FAAN can be found at:  https://info.pressganey.com/authors/jeff-doucette

Dr. Nora Frasier, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC was recognized as the recipient of TNL’s Excellence in Leadership Award. Dr.  Frasier is currently the Vice President of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer at Magnet-recognized Methodist Mansfield Medical Center in Mansfield, TX. Nora has led nursing in diverse not-for-profit and proprietary hospitals, from a 100-bed rural community hospital to an urban tertiary care academic medical center.  Her background also includes positions as a quality director, hospital administrator and chief nurse executive in a 1200-bed 6 hospital health system. Nora has served as an appraiser team leader for the Magnet Recognition Program for 15 years.   

Highlighted General Session Panel Discussions included: “The New Essentials Standards” (AACN) moderated by Dr. Linda Plank, “Mental Health: Care for the Caregiver and the Patient” moderated by Dr. Debra Logan, and “Role of the DNP Leader” moderated by Dr. Jamie Sue Waugh. 

TONL Talks included presentations by Dr. Tabitha South “Addressing Nurse Leader Compassion Fatigue,” Dr. Irene Salinas “Enhancing Leadership Through a Clinical Coach Model,” and Paul Buckle, “The Intersection of Medicine and Psychiatric Nursing: Designing a Blended Unit.”    

Wrapping up the conference, Randy Chunn closed the conference with an inspirational presentation on “Influential Leadership.”

Pre-Conference: Prior to the 2023 TONL Annual Conference, Dr. Renee Thompson, CEO, and Founder, Healthy Workforce Institute presented “8 Attributes of a Healthy Work Culture” in an informative and illuminating work shop session.      

To view photos from the event, click here.

In collaboration with Indiana Organization for Nursing Leadership (IONL), Cynthia Bowers, DNP, RN, CNE is conducting a national research study to assess what attributes nurse leaders desire in new graduate nurses’ readiness to practice. If your nursing leadership title is that of Manager/Supervisor, Director, or Chief Nurse Executive/Vice President, and you have direct unit, department, facility, or system responsibility for nursing staff who provide direct patient care, then your participation is greatly appreciated. To learn more and participate, please download the letter below.
Nursing Leadership
EmergingRNLeader
Encouraging nurses to see themselves as leaders will help to develop their initiative, collaboration, and problem solving skills.
EmergingRNLeader
Emotional intelligence is an important quality among leaders, but it is equally important to foster emotional intelligence within teams.
For the latest news from the Nurses on Boards Coalition, visit https://www.nursesonboardscoalition.org/news/.
Healthcare Industry
HealthLeaders
In this article, HealthLeaders interviews healthcare executives about five trends in the healthcare industry and the possibilities and challenges coming in 2023.

        

Fierce Healthcare
New rules proposed by the Drug Enforcement Administration would return restrictions to remote prescribing of controlled substances.
Practice and Patient Care
Nurse.com
Adjusting healthcare delivery models to address current challenges requirea greater autonomy in nursing and flexibility built into nurse roles.
Nurse.com
What traits and skills distinguish a nurse leader and a nurse manager, and how do these roles work together?
Members in the News
LaTara Hawkins
Manager, Patient Safety
UT Southwestern University Hospital
 
Maria Roselle Sadornas
MSN, RN, PCCN
University Health System
 
Veronica Contreras
Informatics - Clinical Application Specialist
Lone Star Communications, Inc.
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