Tactical Healthcare Expert | Bridging the Gap between Clinical and Security | Always Innovating to Reduce Workplace Violence | Security is not the absence of threat, but presence of connection.
#MakePositiveNoise honestly… this is a retention strategy that will work as long as you make is accessible to bedside staff. Grand rounds are usually hard to make, difficult to get people to come to and challenging to get staff to engage. Utilizing digital technology is an easy way to do this. Step 1: Have the speaker send a teaser video (I usually do a long form, captioned video of me walking the dog or doing something random, saying hi! I am Mel… I do this. And I’m looking forward to seeing y’all soon! ) then they email that to the staff prior to my arrival with a registration link. Step 2: the day of the grand rounds i am on tiktok. Twitter, insta. Engaging with folks. Then they film me. I let them! Why? Well I usually say something different each time, also, I love to have them send the recording out to staff who couldn’t make it. Step 3: follow up survey. That survey can include questions about what would make people more engaged and allow for feedback in a narrative. To learn how to use speakers to retain staff like this incredible organization is doing, send me a message. Happy to help you strategize! #positive #healthcare #innovation #newgradnurses #retention
Chief Nurse Executive Baystate Health/Chief Nursing Officer Baystate Medical Center
Baystate Health hosted Katie Boston Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC for Nursing Grand Rounds. Her talk, Nurses: Holding the Key to Redesign and Make a Difference in the Future of Healthcare and Beyond was riveting and thought-provoking. Admittedly, I am a huge Dr. Boston-Leary fan! Thank you for your visionary leadership! #Nursingvision #Nursesleadingtheway #Nursesarethedifference #Baystatenurses#1
