Voice of Nursing Leadership
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic, deadly flooding across the Southern Appalachian Mountains, particularly in North Carolina and South Carolina, rather than solely impacting Florida where it made landfall.
Wildfires in Southern California are recurrent, often causing dangerous conditions for residents of the region.
Nurses bring a system-thinking and pragmatic approach to Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response that is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Chief nurses are often called upon to step into the incident commander role. In a post-pandemic world, many chief nursing officers are calling back to the tenets of professional governance to guide and structure decision-making.
University Medical Center (UMC) Health System is a large academic health system with more than 500 staffed beds serving West Texas — supporting care in 27 surrounding counties.
In times of disaster, whether natural or man-made, nurses are consistently at the forefront of response efforts.
Academic and practice nurse executives are equally challenged with designing innovative, contemporary models of service delivery.
Academic-practice partnerships (APPs) have long been recognized as a powerful means of connecting higher education with the evolving needs of health care systems.
Yale New Haven Hospital’s End-of-Life (EOL) Committee has been instrumental in optimizing end-of-life care and increasing bereavement support for families while protecting and supporting staff well-being.
At first glance, it may seem obvious, even easy for a nursing dean and a health care chief nurse to work together toward a common goal: preparing and sustaining a competent nursing workforce.