Here’s how CNOs should be preparing for nursing strikes, according to this CNO.
Nurses have been going on strike all throughout the United States.
The recent union activity is indicative of large, widespread problems in the nursing industry with staffing, work environment, and nurse wellbeing. While it is the CNO’s responsibility to address those issues and to facilitate those conversations, it can be quite difficult.
To learn how CNOs should handle these situations, we sat down with Dr. Chaudron Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Temple Health, to hear how her health system avoided a strike, and how to build a plan for continuing operations during a strike.
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G Hatfield is the nursing editor for HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Preventing strikes comes down to communication and engaging in shared governance principles.
CNOs should get ahead of the curve and develop strategies before negotiations that will help move the problem-solving process along.
Open dialogue and transparency can help create a more trusting relationship between the union and the health system.