Authors James D. Murphy and William M. Duke collaborate on The Debrief Imperative: Fighter Pilots and the Secret Tool that is Transforming Businesses the World Over. Murphy is the Founder and CEO of Afterburner, Inc., which teaches the Flawless Execution®... Read More
I have never really looked forward to evaluation time. Most of the time, I would much rather have my own evaluation than evaluate others. They are not fun. As a manager, though, conducting performance evaluations is part of the gig.... Read More
The Article: Hader, R. (2011). Education matters: Does higher learning yield higher income? Nursing Management, 42(7): 22-27. Big Idea: Nursing Management conducted a survey of over 2,800 nurses to learn more about nurses’ educational backgrounds and the relation to salary.... Read More
If you’ve been in your role for a while now, you may or may not remember what it is like to be the newbie. Where are the restrooms? Do I need to dial a number to get an outside telephone... Read More
The Article: Codier, E., Kamikawa, C., & Kooker, B. (2011). The impact of emotional intelligence development on nurse managers. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 35(3): 270-276. Big Idea: Emotional intelligence (EI) has been studied extensively throughout numerous professions – including nursing –... Read More
The Article: Karsten, M., Baggot, D., Brown, A., & Cahill, M. (2010). Professional coaching as an effective strategy to retaining frontline managers. Journal of Nursing Administration, 40(1): 140-144. Big Idea: When a large teaching hospital in Denver went through large-scale... Read More
This is part ten of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Tanga, H. (2011). Nurse drug diversion and nursing leaders’ responsibilities: Legal, regulatory, ethical, humanistic, and practical considerations. JONA’s Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation, 13(1): 13-16. Big Idea: As with... Read More
This is part eight of the Nursing Research Challenge. (C’mon, join in the nursing research reading and sharing!) This is the “Nursing” Research Challenge, so I am keen on using articles from only nurse scientists, but I couldn’t resist this... Read More
I learned in nursing school that nursing management and nursing leadership are not the same. Indeed, they are not. I have the opportunity – yes, opportunity – to work in both roles in my current position. I must say, I... Read More
This is part five of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Trinkoff, A., Johantgen, M., Storr, C., Gurses, A., Liang, Y., & Han, K. (2011). Nurses’ work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality. Nursing Research, 60(1): 1-8. The Big... Read More