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Top 10 CNO Resolutions for 2019

1) Improve your coaching mindset – Retaining nurses will require adjusting styles to adapt to a new generation of nurses What nurses expect from their leaders is changing. Gone are the days of command control leadership when staff were expected to be grateful because they had a job. Today’s nurses, especially the Millennial workforce, want […]

5 Trends That Will Affect Your Entry-Level, Non-Clinical Healthcare Workforce in 2019

1) New Digital Interaction Jobs With changes in technology, and younger consumers preferring digital interaction, hospitals will be challenged to prepare Frontline workers with jobs that don’t even exist yet – think Administrative or Medical Records roles that involve Social Media outreach and interaction. Digital interaction will also change Medical Assistants and Technician roles that deal with…

Why Teach Charge Nurses About Financial Success Indicators?

Charge Nurse and VBP

Nursing executives generally agree that financial indicators of hospital success and reimbursement are often not understood by bedside nurses. That’s understandable, given that nurses join the profession because they care about people, not about finances. But not providing this knowledge keeps nursing staff from understanding the bigger picture and seeing the critical role they play in the…

Bristol Builds on Magnet Success – Develops Great Nurse Leaders

ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes hospital organizations for excellence in patient care and superior nursing processes. Bristol Hospital, a small community hospital in Connecticut, is extremely proud to be among the elite 7% of health care organizations with Magnet designation nationally. To uphold this high standard, Bristol has embraced dedication to one theme: developing great…

Nurse Conflict Resolution Strategies

When Charge Nurses are surveyed, it is no surprise that they state that dealing with conflict on the nursing unit is one of the most challenging aspects of being in charge. It’s unavoidable; it’s uncomfortable and problematic. But it can also be beneficial. Utilizing various conflict modes and practicing some reliable strategies in the midst…

Nursing Assistive Staff: 7 Tips to Maximize Results

There is an art to properly delegating the use of nursing Assistive Staff (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel), your healthcare workers who assist in patient care activity under the delegation of  a nurse. Nurses need to be clear with expectations on how to use them, and some nurses decline to delegate tasks if they are responsible for…

Emotional Intelligence in Nurses: 6 Traits of Nurses with High EI

The notion of emotional intelligence has been around since the 1960s, but it was popularized in the 1990s by author Daniel Goleman (with his book Emotional Intelligence) and the plethora of literature arising since that time. Emotional Intelligence of an individual means to perceive, assess and manage emotions of her own self and of other…

The Nurse Bullying Phenomenon

The nursing profession ranks very high in honesty and ethics when Americans are polled. In a 2016 Gallup poll, “Nursing” was the #1 most trusted profession in U.S. culture, even scoring higher than doctors, teachers, police officers, and clergy! That is why nurse bullying/hazing is so shocking, and odd to talk about. Nurse bullying can…

Millennial Nurse Retention Strategies

While nursing shortages and nurse attrition are expensive, healthcare organizations must find ways to attract and retain good, young nurse candidates and groom some of them to fill future leadership roles. We know that high-quality nursing care and engaged nurse employees are crucial for patient satisfaction; with reimbursement often tied to patient satisfaction, the need…

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