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What Communication Styles Mean for Nurse Leaders

Northeastern State University

In the moment, it’s key for nurses, nurse leaders and other medical professionals to communicate clearly and efficiently. Yet, good communication isn’t just important in emergencies. This ensures patients feel they are being acknowledged and in good hands.

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Why Representation in Nursing is Important

Diversity Nursing

Here are a few reasons why representation in Nursing is important: Cultural Competence Patients come from diverse cultural backgrounds, and having Nurses who reflect this diversity helps in providing culturally competent care. Understanding the communication norms of patients from different cultural backgrounds is equally important.

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Let’s huddle up

American Nurse

A comprehensive ambulatory cancer center’s journey to implementing tiered huddles Takeaways: Tiered huddles are brief conversations that occur throughout levels of an organization or across health systems to improve patient safety, communication, situational awareness, care coordination, resource utilization, patient outcomes, and service.

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Essential Leadership Skills for Nurse Managers

Northeastern State University

Leadership exists in every organization, community and family. Poor leadership could ultimately be a matter of life and death. It’s quite simple: nursing leadership determines whether a healthcare organization carries out low- or high-quality care. Effective leadership requires both soft and hard skills.

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Health Systems Investing in DEI: A Closer Look

Diversity Nursing

The first program is a year-long leadership initiative developed by the National League for Nursing (NLN), an organization whose mission is to promote an inclusive nursing workforce and support nursing education. Studies have shown that companies and institutions with diverse leadership teams tend to outperform their peers financially.

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8 Tips for Nurse Leaders to Reduce Conflict

Post University

Conflict in nursing can be particularly problematic, however, because it can have a direct impact on patient outcomes. If you are in a position of leadership in the healthcare and nursing fields, you need to understand what causes conflict and how to avoid it. It can be easy to resolve if communication is kept open.

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5 strategies to foster a healthy and productive working environment for nurses

Nurse Deck

Medical facilities have a high-stress environment because everyone has to be on their feet to save lives and achieve patient satisfaction. Practice open communication Some problems are only given attention when they become worse and hard to resolve. Communication lines should be open at both ends.