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How To Become a Nurse Leader

Relias

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall Nurses who excel in their clinical practice and gain satisfaction from mentoring others might consider pursuing a nurse leader role. Nurse leaders fall into two categories.

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Top Issues in Nursing — and How Nurse Leaders Can Address Them

Post University

These days, nurses — and nurse leaders — are called on to provide higher levels of care with fewer resources, particularly in the past two years with the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, the importance of effective nurse managers who can ease this burden while implementing a healthier work environment.

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Broken trust

American Nurse

Build a bridge to heal the healthcare workforce Takeaways: The crisis of trust that existed between frontline nurses and leadership before the pandemic continues to worsen with evidence of physical, emotional, and moral suffering./li> Responses revealed several areas of congruence between leaders and their direct reports.

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Collaboration: The key to patient care success

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal announces 2024 All Pro Nursing Team Awards. When nurses, pro­viders, therapists, leadership, and other professionals work together as a cohesive team, patients benefit—and so do nurses and all healthcare workers. Meditation music and nature videos enhance the relaxed environment.

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Patient prejudice toward minoritized nurses

American Nurse

According to Iheduru-Anderson and Wahi, six Nigerian nurses transitioning to practice in the United States reported serious emotional distress related to racist patients. Another study by Cottingham and colleagues analyzed 48 audio diaries kept by nurses of color. Toxic Nursing: Managing Bullying, Bad Attitudes, and Total Turmoil.

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5 Ways To Reduce Nurse Compassion Fatigue

Nurse.com

A 2019 study on compassion fatigue in nursing found that it affects nurses regardless of specialty, years of experience, or age. On the bright side, the results also showed that supportive leadership, awareness of symptoms, and coping strategies were successful in preventing or reducing this condition.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

We also have to think about that middle management layer, the nurse managers. We need to ensure that they are adequately trained to assume the competencies of the nurse manager role. But changing the correct number of competent nurses is vital because they’re investing in the workforce.