These nurse leaders are coming together to share leadership strategies in celebration of nurses everywhere.
The nursing industry has grown and changed in many ways, especially in the past five years.
Heavy workloads, burnout, and workplace violence challenges persist, and nurses are departing from the industry, leaving staffing gaps and shortages behind. Despite these challenges, innovation in nursing has taken off, with AI and virtual nursing at the forefront of many CNOs' strategies.
This week is National Nurses Week, meant to celebrate the essential contributions that nurses make in communities worldwide. HealthLeaders is participating in the celebration with a week full of events, beginning with the next webinar in our The Winning Edge series.
Retention is the new recruitment
In the face of staffing shortages, retention is just as important as recruitment for CNOs. To truly build a resilient workforce, nurse leaders must focus on retaining nurses at every stage of their careers, from new graduate nurses contemplating life at the bedside to seasoned professionals nearing retirement and everyone in between.
The Winning Edge for Keeping Nurses Happy will explore innovative retention strategies that CNOs can use to foster career growth, prioritize wellbeing, and create a more sustainable work environment.
Our distinguished panel includes:
- Peggy Norton-Rosko, Senior Vice President and CNO, University of Maryland Medical System
- Abigail Rudy, Vice President, Nursing Adult Critical Care, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Courtney Green, Vice President of Nurse and Staff Solutions, QGenda
- G Hatfield, Event Moderator and HealthLeaders CNO Editor
This isn’t just another webinar—it’s your chance to learn from the best in the business and walk away with strategies you can implement immediately. Join us as we face the problems, share solutions, and help you reboot your retention strategy.
Register here today to reserve your spot.
This webinar is sponsored by QGenda.
Prioritizing wellbeing
Supporting nurse wellbeing is another key consideration for CNOs who want to build a sustainable workforce. Cheryl Reinking, CNO at El Camino Health, recently spoke to HealthLeaders about nurse turnover rates and how they are impacted by burnout and workplace violence.
For CNOs who want to improve retention, Reinking believes the culture of recognition at the frontline is key. Workplace violence prevention is another critical piece of the strategy. Reinking also said they brought in a nurse retention specialist in 2024 to help build professional career development plans for nurses.
For Nurses Week, Reinking will join Alicia Potolsky, associate CNO at El Camino Health, on a panel moderated by Joel Ray, chief clinical advisor at Laudio, where they will discuss how El Camino Health successfully addressed key workforce challenges and improved wellbeing for its nursing staff.
Register here today to reserve your spot.
This webinar is sponsored by Laudio.
The evolution of virtual care
Virtual nursing, AI, and other technological advancements have taken the nursing world by storm with the promise of reducing burdens for nurses at the bedside. Virtual nursing has proven valuable in shortening admission and discharge times, and it provides support at the bedside for patient observation and education.
For Nurses Week, the following leaders in nursing and technology are coming together to discuss the natural progression of virtual patient observation, from focused observation to broader clinical applications, and to demonstrate how virtual nursing creates new clinical pathways for delivering expert care while addressing staffing challenges and maximizing the impact of existing nursing resources.
- Monique Bouvier, Corporate Director of Nursing Science at Emory Healthcare, and Associate Professor at Emory School of Nursing
- Tammy Brown, Nurse Manager, VACN Program, ChristianaCare
- Emily Warr, System Administrator, Center for Telehealth, MUSC Health, Medical University of South Carolina
- Dr. Christine Gall, CNO, Collette Health
- G Hatfield, Event Moderator and HealthLeaders CNO Editor
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This webinar is sponsored by Collette Health.
G Hatfield is the CNO editor for HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
To truly build a resilient workforce, nurse leaders must focus on retaining nurses at every stage of their careers.
Supporting nurse wellbeing is another key consideration for CNOs who want to build a sustainable workforce.
Virtual nursing has proven valuable in shortening admission and discharge times, and it provides support at the bedside for patient observation and education.