The theme of this Nurses Week is “Nurses Make a Difference!” Its motto, #NursesLightUpTheSky, honors their key role in helping to brighten patient lives.
Nurses exemplify what it means to make a difference by triaging sensitive situations, collaborating across disciplines, seeing a person in context, and advocating for patient rights.
When we or our loved ones are hurt or scared, a nurse's calm compassion can be a great source of solace.
As the pandemic reshaped work, managers found themselves thrust into similar roles of emotional first responders, a role for which none of us were trained. Employee needs have only increased since then.
Below, Angela Sigal Poock (who was one of the Harvard University Heroes in 2018) and I share how learning from nurses can remind managers of the key role they play in attempting to make a difference.
We also share how to support these caregivers. Like managers, nurses are shock absorbers – pressured from the top by performance imperatives, challenged by turnover and understaffing, and affected by increasing human distress across all demographics.
This week and every week, let's honor the dedication of nursing professionals worldwide, especially our five million registered nurses in the US. and the organizations that represent them, such as the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership.
Nursing Management
Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL
Anne Sheffield, SHRM-SCP
Kelsey Fowler
Manuel Cuevas-Trisán (he, him, él)
#humanressources #nursing
