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Top 10 Charge Nurse Leadership Skills You Need to Succeed 

Charge nurse speaking with a staff RN practicing her leadership skills

You are a clinical expert on your unit. You lead the care for your assigned patients collaborating with family members and the healthcare team. Now you’ve been asked to be a charge nurse. As a new frontline nurse leader you will expand your leadership skills, focusing on keeping the entire unit (or clinic) running smoothly […]

Sutter Health Pilots Leadership Education for Frontline Nurse Leaders

Sutter Health is the nation’s 10th largest not-for-profit health system and is comprised of 57,000 employees, including more than 15,000 nurses. The organization serves 3.5 million people each year and cares for 1 out of every 100 Californians. Sutter Health’s mission is to prioritize patients’ care above all, while consistently supporting and valuing their people. Destination…

Bahamas Department of Public Health Envisions a Cadre of Nurse Leaders

The Ministry of Health and Wellness in The Bahamas’ vision and mission is to achieve the optimal level of health and well-being for all residents of the Bahamas through health promotion, health protection and accessible healthcare services. The Ministry of Health boasts community health clinics throughout the Bahamas staffed with medical, nursing, and allied health…

Charge Nurses as Mentors: How CNOs Can Encourage a Culture of Learning

The case for mentoring in Nursing The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 (2021) report identifies mentoring as critical in transitioning to a more equitable healthcare system stating that “new and established nurse leaders – at all levels and in all settings – are needed to lead change” (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, [NAM] 2021,…

How Can Nurse Leaders Support the Next Generation in 2024?

Thirty five percent of nurses are novices. Young nurses can become frustrated when they’re not ready to work in some clinical settings if there are additional stressors. An unpleasant workplace, especially as a newer nurse, may lead to overall dissatisfaction, low team morale, and increased turnover.   With continuing unprecedented retirements and healthcare landscape change,…

An Updated Model for Frontline Nursing Leadership

Female nurse wearing blue scrubs next to the title "An Updated Model for Frontline Nursing Leadership

This blog article is a summary of a session at AONL 2023 entitled “You may be on to something:” An Updated Model for Frontline Nursing Leadership. This was given by nurse leaders at Inova Health System. At AONL 2023, several visitors to the Catalyst Learning booth talked to us about this session and noted its relevance…

2023 Trends for Nursing Learning & Development Efforts

Female nurse wearing blue scrubs and a stethoscope standing with her arms crossed.

What are nursing educators, instructors, and enterprise L&D leaders thinking as we head into 2023? In this article, Catalyst Learning reflects on well-cited nursing trends (staffing shortages, informatics, retention, need for leadership pipelines, etc.) and what we hear on-the-ground from nurse educators to understand and describe four priorities for NLD efforts in 2023. CNOs/Educators Think…

Oregon Surgery Center Adds Charge Nurse Role to Enhance Unit Leadership

bend surgery center article from catalyst learning

Bend Surgery Center (BSC) is a freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Central Oregon, the first and largest in the area. It performs 13,000+ cases annually and enjoys high JCAHO approval rates; 99% of patients cite being satisfied and would recommend BSC to others. BSC’s mission is to provide a safe, comfortable, and healthy patient-focused environment.…