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The healthcare environment is dynamic; therefore, a leader in the sector must constantly push the workforce to deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality care to all patients. For leaders to succeed, they must perform administrative duties effectively, guide the clinical team, and manage resources appropriately. Since the healthcare industry is known for shifting regulations due to continuously evolving technologies, rising costs, emerging ethical concerns, and clinical advancement, it is essential for leaders to integrate relevant leadership theory, qualities, and skills, to become more adaptable (Figueroa et al., 2019). Hence, to ensure that healthcare organizations maintain a positive culture, it is essential to start creating and modeling future leaders and give them the skill necessary to develop patient-centered care strategies and abilities to tackle complex issues related to care delivery. This speech explores ways of creating future leaders, effective mentorship strategies, and measuring results-oriented nursing leadership.

By Caitlyn Broyles
TONL District 8 Director

In early 2021, TONL examined the current challenges in healthcare management and the need to integrate high-potential clinicians and young careerists. Traditionally, nurse executive training included years of experience. This paradigm may overlook many young nurse leaders that seek this path.

Rutgers, Blou Blog
What does it mean to be a leader, and what qualities does a leader show? In late September, an discussion held at Rutgers University aimed to answer that question. The conversation brought together women leaders in healthcare to discuss their careers, the importance of being leaders, and the impact of mentorship and diversity.

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Fierce Healthcare
Data from the Harris Poll, shows nearly half of BIPOC Americans received low-quality care in the last year. According to one healthcare executive, “we haven't done the hard work. It really is about how do we move from the conversation—move from the data collection—to actual implementation of solutions that we know can change, fundamentally, some of those really important statistics." 

 

In the past several years, the US healthcare system has faced critical problems related to health equity, variations in quality and safety, and spiraling costs. The continuing healthcare disparities and cultural issues have also impacted access to care. Patient safety issues including medication errors, hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), and missed care continue to plague the healthcare delivery system (Warshawsky & Cramer, 2019). The recent pandemic has exacerbated workforce management and employee issues. Technological advancements and innovations, new therapeutics and pharmaceuticals, and emerging diagnostics have compounded the increasing healthcare costs. More than ever, there is a compelling business case for addressing what ails the current healthcare system (Leger, 2023). Increasingly, there is pressing impetus to demonstrate the value of nursing in the current costly healthcare environment. As nursing leaders, we must understand and advance value-informed nursing practice (Yakusheva & Buerhaus, 2022).

Nurse.com
When a family member needs nursing care, feelings of stress, worry, and uncertainty set in. In these situations, the importance of the emotional support caregivers provide is sometimes underappreciated. The holiday season is a great opportunity to reflect on why we are thankful for nurses and how they make a difference.