We’ve seen it happen in hospitals across the country all too frequently – a front-line nursing leadership vacancy occurs and all of a sudden a department leader must scramble to find a replacement.

Many nurses aspire to become a charge nurse. It’s a role that carries weight and responsibility, requiring a blend of clinical expertise and leadership skills. If you’re hoping to move into this ...

For an organization to be successful, develop and treat frontline charge nurse leaders as a strategic part of intentional succession planning. This is an excerpt from The Charge Nurse Leader Program ...

Orientation can be accomplished in a one day workshop or through a series of training sessions. This is the time to cover the charge nurse role, regulatory requirements, coordination and delivery of ...

The Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 33, No. 5, Special Issue Devoted to Research in Nursing Administration (MAY 2003), pp. 284-292 (9 pages) Objective: To describe the development and ...

Today more than ever, we hear about the importance of PROACTIVE approaches to prevent as many unfavorable events as possible. One of the key essential proactive approaches that we can implement is to ...

Two senior charge nurses at NHS Ayrshire and Arran won a case for recruiting an administrative assistant, allowing them to be more visible and active as clinical leaders Abstract Two senior charge ...

Patient falls and pressure ulcers have been reduced since two hospital nurses successfully lobbied for an administrative assistant to be appointed to support them, they have told Nursing Times. Staff ...