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CNO Roundtable 2020CNO Reading ListIs there a book on nursing, healthcare or organizational leadership that you enjoyed and would recommend?Lori Burnell, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC Sr. Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer Valley Presbyterian Hospital Recently, I received a copy of Shining the Light on All the Right: Celebrating the Art of Nursing Around the World by Mark and Bonnie Barnes,...
CNO Roundtable 2020Staffing Challenges and the Silver WaveQ: What is shaping up to be your biggest nurse staffing challenge of the new decade?Robyn M. Nelson, RN, Ph.D., MSN (pictured above) Dean, College of Nursing West Coast University Nurse staffing challenges will increase if academia is unable to prepare sufficient new graduate RNs. There’s no shortage of applicants: According to...
CNO Roundtable 2020Nurses in the MediaQ: There has been a lot of attention to the way nurses are depicted in movies and TV shows. Is there a portrayal that you felt got it right, or was completely off the mark?Katie Hughes, RN, MSN, CRRN Chief Nursing Officer Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare Over the last few years, I’ve been watching “Call the Midwife,” a British TV series set in 1950s London . I was hoping it would be a show about...

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CNO Roundtable 2020Lifelong LearningQ: We emphasize the importance of lifelong learning for nurses. What is something you still want to study or learn?Lauren Spilsbury, RN, MSN (pictured above, center) Vice President, Patient Care Services Redlands Community Hospital Caring for people is my passion. Seeing people learn and grow motivates me; numbers never did. However, I have come to appreciate...
CNO Roundtable 2020Your Path to LeadershipQ: What is one aspect of your current role as chief nursing officer that you found especially challenging to learn?Lori Burnell, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC (pictured above, with a patient) Sr. Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer Valley Presbyterian Hospital One of the most challenging aspects of my role as the CNO of a safety net hospital has been shifting focus...
CNO Roundtable 20202020: The Year of the Nurse and MidwifeQ: What is one accomplishment you would like see the nursing profession achieve during this Year of the Nurse?Debra Flores, MSM, BSN, RN, FACHE (pictured above, second from left) Chief Operations Office / Chief Nursing Officer Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital The accomplishment I would most love to see the nursing profession achieve is practicing...

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CNO Roundtable 2020Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2020Leadership from complexity to crisisIt is a tradition in the May issue of Working Nurse to interview local chief nursing officers and nursing school deans on topics that impact nurses, health systems and the communities they serve. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing leaders were...
FeatureFLOURISH!Meaningful steps to increase personal resilience and be your best self - even during a pandemicThis is an extraordinarily challenging time to be a nurse. The COVID-19 pandemic is stretching many of us to the limit and beyond, as we work overtime to treat anxious, frustrated patients while trying to come to grips with rapidly changing guidelines,...
FeatureNursing on the Front Lines of COVID-19Keeping the virus (and panic) under control at the Seattle-area hospital that treated the first U.S. caseI have never been particularly “germ-averse.” While I’m a protocol-following professional at work, I can be a bit laissez-faire about pathogens in my personal life. I’m not the type of nurse to shed my scrubs and change my shoes like Mr....

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