Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.006
Debra Albert DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Eloise Cathcart MSN, RN, FAAN, Eileen P. Magri PhD, RN, NEA-BC
{"title":"The Role of the Senior Director of Nursing","authors":"Debra Albert DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Eloise Cathcart MSN, RN, FAAN, Eileen P. Magri PhD, RN, NEA-BC","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It is very likely in the near future, nurses with less than 10 years of experience will be in executive leadership roles. Identifying and preparing high performing nurses for leadership roles is essential. Proactive succession planning is a key component to prepare nurse leaders minimizing disruption at all levels of nursing leadership particularly the executive leadership level. Building upon a previous program preparing Assistant Nurse Managers for the Nurse Manager role, a program was developed to support the transition of nurse leaders for the Senior Director of nursing role, preparing them to be practice ready at an Academic Health System.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"23 1","pages":"Pages 97-103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143102868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.015
Jennifer L. Embree DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, FAAN, Katherine Feley DNP, RN, NE-BC, K. Denise Kerley MSN, CNRN, AG-CNS, Blayne Miley JD, Jean Ross MHA, BSN, RN
{"title":"Perceptions of Safe Staffing and the Quality of Nursing Work Life in a Midwestern State: A Call to Action","authors":"Jennifer L. Embree DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, FAAN, Katherine Feley DNP, RN, NE-BC, K. Denise Kerley MSN, CNRN, AG-CNS, Blayne Miley JD, Jean Ross MHA, BSN, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent studies call for a broader understanding of nurse staffing across the practice continuum, integrating holistic views of the nurse. The quality of nursing work life (QNWL) tool responses provide these perspectives. This mixed-methods statewide study identified QNWL and safe/appropriate staffing and legislative solutions for workplace gaps in QNWL and safe/appropriate staffing. Organizational or legislative policy changes can address unsafe staffing and improve QNWL.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"23 1","pages":"Pages 110-116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143102874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Onward and Upward: The Ongoing Push for PhD and DNP Collaboration","authors":"Ashley Martinez DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, CBCN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, NPD-BC","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) nursing degrees have historically been recognized for their unique contributions to the nursing discipline. Historically, the DNP is considered as an advanced clinical practice degree, whereas the PhD is a research-intensive degree. There are clear benefits to DNP and PhD prepared nurses collaborating to address health issues and improve patient outcomes. Institutions that support intentional collaboration are more likely to develop effective teams that utilize their diverse knowledge and skills. Strategies include identifying and addressing barriers, supporting doctoral education, creating a collaborative environment, recruiting with intention, and appreciating the value in both PhD and DNP nurses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"23 1","pages":"Pages 40-43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143103602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.007
LeeAnna Spiva PhD, RN, Sharlene Toney PhD, RN, Kelly Gallagher MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Dana Garcher MS, RN, Natalie Jones DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, Meriel McCollum PhD RN, Carrie Snead Davis MSN-Ed, RN, NPD-BC, Randy McClain DNP, RN, NEA-BC
{"title":"Driving for Results: Building a Partnership-Driven Leadership Model for Recruiting and Retaining Black Newly Licensed Registered Nurses","authors":"LeeAnna Spiva PhD, RN, Sharlene Toney PhD, RN, Kelly Gallagher MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Dana Garcher MS, RN, Natalie Jones DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, Meriel McCollum PhD RN, Carrie Snead Davis MSN-Ed, RN, NPD-BC, Randy McClain DNP, RN, NEA-BC","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A health care system in the Southeastern United States explored the impact of nursing education, recruitment, and strategic initiatives focusing on Black newly licensed registered nurses (BNLRNs). Strategies included recruiting from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, cultivating academic-practice partnerships, infusing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into the Nurse Residency Program curriculum, creating formal mentoring programs, and health system inclusion council initiatives. Outcomes included an increase in the number of BNLRN hires and first-year retention rates. Leadership implications are vast; understanding workforce trends will innovate the future of nursing education and support for BNLRNs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"23 1","pages":"Pages 29-34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.11.001
Rose O. Sherman EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
{"title":"Rudy Jackson, DNP, MHA, RN, CENP","authors":"Rose O. Sherman EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dr. Rudy Jackson has served as the Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President of the University of Wisconsin Health System since August 2020. He is an experienced nurse leader with broad knowledge of large integrated academic health systems and a successful history of improving nursing outcomes, engagement, and hospital operational performance. Prior to his current position, Rudy served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Buffalo General Hospital and the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo. He has also held leadership roles at the University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and has over 20 years of US Army experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"23 1","pages":"Pages 10-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143103330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.002
{"title":"American Organization for Nursing Leadership Abroad Q & A: Learnings From London and Ireland","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Following a 6-year hiatus of American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) delegation trips, 17 nurse leaders and 7 guests traveled to the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland in September to learn more about health care delivery models, nursing leadership, and opportunities to collaborate. The diverse group of nurse leaders was led by Robyn Begley, AONL CEO and American Hospital Association Senior Vice President and CNO, and Deborah Zimmermann, AONL Board President and CEO of The DAISY Foundation. To learn more about the exchange, AONL spoke with Region 2 Board Member Claire M. Zangerle (CMZ), DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL, who was a delegation member.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"22 6","pages":"Pages 669-671"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Nursing Practice Through an Educational Intervention for Clinical Leaders About an Antibiotic Stewardship Program","authors":"Heidi Gerostergios DNP, RN, PCCN, Laurie Soroken PhD, ANP-BC","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span>The objective of this study was to enhance clinical leadership knowledge of the nurses’ role in an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP). This was a joint effort to mitigate </span>antibiotic resistance. The Joint Commission has set a new standard for nurses to be engaged in ASP. A pre-/post-test survey design to assess the value of an educational video intervention was used. There were 28 respondents. Results were statistically significant at a 95% confidence interval with paired </span><em>t</em> = −8.244 and a p value <0.001. The educational video did increase awareness to clinical leadership of the nurses’ role in an ASP. This may help boost nursing engagement in an ASP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"22 6","pages":"Pages 731-735"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141401550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Call to Nurse Leaders to Support Clinical Nurse Specialist Transition to Practice Programs","authors":"Jennie Matays DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN, EBP-C, FCNS, Stacy Hull MS, RN, CCNS, CSC, Doanh Ly DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN, SCRN, Christina Andrade MS, RN, CNS, CCRN, CNRN, Mary Salas MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, Teresa Buhagiar RN, MS, GCNS-BC, ACHPN, CEN, NPD-BC, Elizabeth Scruth PhD, MPH, RN, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM, FCNS, CPHQ","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) have a significant impact on patient and organizational outcomes, yet their transition into the advanced practice role can often be challenging due to feelings of inadequacy and a lack of structured onboarding and orientation. An evidence-based, multicomponent CNS transition to practice onboarding program was developed to support newly hired CNSs to a large healthcare organization which resulted in a 93% retention rate and high job satisfaction. Nursing leaders have an opportunity to support CNS transition to practice programs and promote the visibility of the CNS within the organization, thereby resulting in improved nursing outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"22 6","pages":"Pages 751-756"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse LeaderPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.001
Anne Schmidt DNP, APRN, RN, ANP-BC, CENP, CPHQ, FAONL, Patricia J. Mook DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CAVRN, FAONL, Joel Moore DNP, RN
{"title":"Sharing Model of Care Innovations: The American Organization for Nursing Leadership Learning Community","authors":"Anne Schmidt DNP, APRN, RN, ANP-BC, CENP, CPHQ, FAONL, Patricia J. Mook DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CAVRN, FAONL, Joel Moore DNP, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mnl.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) established a monthly learning community that invites participants to discuss their innovative nursing care models, sharing solutions to challenges faced. The article explains the concept and rationale behind the learning community, highlighting its role in supporting the knowledge and growth of nurse leaders. It aligns with AONL nurse leader competencies and strategic priorities that include optimizing leader effectiveness, promoting professional development, and building community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44980,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Leader","volume":"22 6","pages":"Pages 672-675"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142759614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}