Topics About 'Nurse Manager'.

A leadership problem exists in twenty-first-century healthcare. For the first time in history, there are four distinct generations working side by side (Al-Asfour & Lettau, 2014; Balda & Mora, 2011; Bolser & Gosciej, 2015; Bussin & Ro...

As some of you may know, I work in a SNF with three units divided among two managers; myself and my colleague. Lately, I've been getting asked many times to help out with my colleague's patients, even though my colleague is readily available. ...

Health systems have to be forward thinking and use creative strategies to recruit good nurses. According to an NSI Nursing Solutions’ 2016 National Healthcare and Retention RN Staffing Report, it costs a conservative estimate of $54,400 to replace e...

In life, most of us naturally prefer some people over others. It makes sense, then, that we might also like certain coworkers better than others. This is not a problem until it has become evident some employees are favored over others. As a n...

Maybe you’ve been preparing for years for a leadership position through education and promotions, or perhaps the opportunity was thrust upon you. Regardless of the path you took to get here, you’re now in a nursing leadership position. Even if this p...

Are you in a unit where your patient satisfaction scores are always a struggle? Look around you, are the nurses satisfied with their job? Nurses go into a job to help care for others, but when staffing ratios are unsafe, documentation takes longer th...

Being a nurse leader is challenging. You might often feel like you are performing an impossible balancing act between management and the staff in your department. You want staff to respect you and bring concerns to you first. You hope your hard work ...

We were all there once, fresh and new registered nurses with hopes to change the world for the better. I graduated in 2012 from a four year nursing program and had already leaned into the idea of non traditional nursing roles. I began my career ...