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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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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...
Two nurses wearing scrubs are hugging and have their arms out as if flexing their muscles.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...
Tiffany Sweden is in goggles, gown, N-95, and bonnet. Behind her are IV poles with drips and a stethoscopeFeatureNursing 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...
A nurse is clicking on a robots screen which shows a heart and EKGNursing & Healthcare NewsArtificially Intelligent, Naturally FlawedArtificially Intelligent, Naturally FlawedEven if artificial intelligence hasn’t yet touched your practice, the chances are that it will in the foreseeable future. A recent National Academy of Medicine report recommends that all...
Newscaster holding a blue bottle of colloidal silver and reading the labelNursing & Healthcare NewsCracking Down on Fraudulent Coronavirus ClaimsColloidal silver and eucalyptus radiata do not cure or prevent COVID-19Have you recently seen family members or acquaintances share dubious claims about fighting COVID-19 with essential oils, colloidal silver or herbal tea? The FDA and FTC have seen those...