American Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

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.

Communication 75

Communication Leadership Care coordination Patient Satisfaction 75

Healthy Workforce Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

Therefore, as soon as a patient starts to become agitated , starts threatening the staff, or becomes increasingly demanding, it’s time to give others a heads-up so that anyone caring for that patient can take the necessary precautions. Huddles Most healthcare professionals huddle daily.

Professional Development 105

Professional Development Leadership 105

Healthy Workforce Institute

JUNE 7, 2023

Team members must feel safe to speak up, and confront disruptive behaviors to prevent medical errors and ensure safe, quality patient care. How does interprofessional conflict show up in the workplace? One day, Bayani was engaging in interdisciplinary rounds and one of her patients came up for discussion.

Communication 74

Communication Promotion Business Education 74

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When you’re done, just let me know.” Sometimes, when she would visit them, they would be in deplorable condition, and she just took this on as nothing and just took care of them and cleaned them up. So what I do with my team is I huddle with them. I huddle with my staff in the morning at the beginning of a shift.

Nurse Manager 115

Nurse Manager Retirement Leadership Communication 115

Healthy Workforce Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Let’s say, there’s a hand off, and your nurse is receiving a patient from the ICU. When a physician or a provider is being rude, openly criticizes, or is overtly condescending to somebody on your team – it doesn’t matter if they are being held accountable by someone else, you have to speak up in the moment.

Leadership 70

Leadership Communication 70

Healthy Workforce Institute

JANUARY 5, 2022

Same problem we’ve always had but now, the pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation has kicked it up a notch. Here are just a few key communication strategies you should start right now: Address the rumor mill – During huddles and meetings, ask, “What rumors are you hearing?” I haven’t heard that but let me check.”

Communication 52

Communication Leadership Retirement Nurse Shortage 52