These are the dog days of August. We’re roasting in high temperatures and dreaming of trips to the beach. This is the time we should be taking vacations and using the time to relax, refresh, and ...

The components of the Resilience at Work tool help nurse managers identify how to build this important skill. Burnout is a common experience for bedside nurses. But burnout also affects nurse managers ...

Advocate Health recently reimagined the role of nurse managers, said Jane Dus, DNP, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of the system’s Midwest region. Nurse managers are often ...

Provider organizations that keep a handle on their nurse managers’ workloads are rewarded with significantly lower registered nurse turnover and reduced workforce spending, according to a recent ...

Health systems are increasing their expectations for nurse managers without proper support, which risks workforce stability, according to a Feb. 5 article from Vizient and Kaufman Hall. The position ...

Though the Covid-19 pandemic brought heightened attention to nurses overall, a unique nursing role has been long overlooked and, for the public, largely misunderstood: that of the nurse manager. Like ...

Many years ago (I won’t say exactly how many), I made the transition from working as a staff nurse, responsible for my own actions and performance, to becoming the nurse manager of the unit I had been ...

The “Great Flattening”—or the elimination of middle management roles as a cost-cutting measure—is on the rise across industries, and thousands of mid-career professionals have either been laid off or ...

Nursing case management professionals in the health care industry tailor care to meet the needs of individual patients, particularly those who receive benefits from one or more social agencies in a ...

The long-term care industry faces a staffing crisis, which affects the health of nursing homes. As a business and finance enthusiast, you understand the ...

You are a nurse practitioner in a nursing home. A staff member asks you to assess Mrs. B, a 90-year-old with mild dementia who is “not ...