Author: Derrick Osborne

Formalizing the charge nurse role means moving it from an informal assignment to a defined leadership position, with clear responsibilities, expectations, training, and accountability attached to it. There’s a real difference between: Most hospitals fall somewhere between the first and third. Formalizing the role means closing that gap. Why Informal Charge Nurse Roles Create Risk […]

What Is a Charge Nurse? A charge nurse is a registered nurse who takes on a shift-level nursing leadership role on a hospital unit, serving as the operational point person for staff, patients, and interdisciplinary teams. What does a charge nurse do? In short, they run the floor: managing patient assignments, supervising staff, coordinating care, […]

Why Nurses Burn Out: Staffing, Moral Injury, and the Leadership Gap Preventing nurse burnout has become one of the most urgent challenges in health care. Nurses are leaving the profession in record numbers, driven by relentless job demands and an ongoing nurse shortage. Many are experiencing moral injury: the deep distress that comes from being […]

VA Connecticut is one of the leading healthcare systems in the VA New England Healthcare System. VA Connecticut serves over 58,000 veterans at 2 medical centers and 8 community-based outpatient clinics throughout the state. VA Connecticut’s mission is to care for those who have served in the nation’s military, their families, caregivers, and survivors. VA […]

Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across central and northeastern Pennsylvania through 163 care sites — including 10 hospital campuses — and Geisinger Health Plan, with more than 500,000 members. Additionally, Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals […]

Charge nurses are the backbone of hospital unit operations. They coordinate patient care, manage staff assignments, resolve conflict, and serve as the primary link between bedside nurses and hospital leadership  often while still carrying a clinical workload themselves. Yet most nurses step into the charge role based on clinical excellence, not leadership readiness  and without […]

Sutter Health is the nation’s 10th largest not-for-profit health system and is comprised of 57,000 employees, including more than 15,000 nurses. The organization serves 3.5 million people each year and cares for 1 out of every 100 Californians. Sutter Health’s mission is to prioritize patients’ care above all, while consistently supporting and valuing their people. Destination […]

The Ministry of Health and Wellness in The Bahamas’ vision and mission is to achieve the optimal level of health and well-being for all residents of the Bahamas through health promotion, health protection and accessible healthcare services. The Ministry of Health boasts community health clinics throughout the Bahamas staffed with medical, nursing, and allied health […]

Written by Joyce Borgfield, DNP, RN For more than 30 years, Catalyst Learning Company (CLC) has partnered with over 670 hospitals and empowered more than 45,000 frontline workers to develop essential workplace skills and advance their healthcare careers through targeted workforce development programs. Recently, CLC recently hosted the webinar Turning Data into Action: Applying Workforce Data […]

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is a 427-bed non-profit hospital and regional referral center, serving Athens and the 17 surrounding counties. They boast a Level II trauma center and Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and treat more than 80,000 patients each year in the emergency department. Piedmont Athens is a critical part of […]