Caryn Iverson
Today’s leaders within the health care industry are familiar with the following terms: transparency, teamwork, leadership, and culture. However, there is very little discussion on connectivity in the workplace. Connection in the workplace leads to a higher degree of engagement, retention, and a decrease loss in productivity.

Linda Burnes Bolton, Hospitals & Health Networks
Throughout my professional career, I have advocated for inclusive leadership across the health care field, including preparing and deploying health professionals.

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Nursing and veterans' organizations have united to advocate for adoption of the VA's proposal to allow its advanced practice registered nurses full practice authority.

Marty Stempniak, Hospitals & Health Networks
Health care may be changing at a record clip in recent years, but the salaries of nursing leaders aren’t doing the same.

Phil Brahm, McKnight's Long Term Care News
Job growth for registered nurses is on pace to produce nearly 450,000 new positions by 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Julia Quinn-Szcesuil, Minority Nurse
Nurses know their jobs are essential, but they also know their jobs aren’t typical in any way.

Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC, Nurse.com
For nurses with previous careers in the business world, you may have taken part in a SWOT analysis at one time or another to determine a business strategy or direction.

Swati Kapoor, Minority Nurse
Few would disagree that nursing is one of the most underrated professions in modern times. Being a nurse isn’t easy.

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
One nurse with firsthand knowledge about medical errors is a calling on RNs and other healthcare professionals to exercise their voices and vigilance to protect patients.

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Eye contact and authentic conversation can do more to improve patient satisfaction than following a checklist, says a patient who is an RN.

Karlene M. Kerfoot, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN, ADVANCE
Nurses have always been in the business of providing excellence in patient care, but recently nurses have come under increased pressure to improve delivery of quality care to help meet new value-based care objectives.

Heather Stringer, Nurse.com
In a year when medical errors have been cited as a leading cause of death in the U.S., strategies that can improve patient safety are in high demand. One method of reducing errors in healthcare is TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based model that is changing how caregivers communicate with one another.

Kathleen Sullivan, BC News
A half century ago, a nursing graduate student developed an idea that the goal of nursing practice was to promote patient adaptation.

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Harris Meyer, Modern Healthcare
The November elections surely won't end the nonstop, eight-year political war over the shape of the U.S. healthcare system. But the ballot results likely will determine whether the changes driven by the Affordable Care Act continue in the same direction or the system returns to its less-regulated, pre-ACA contours.

Bianca Castro, nbcdfw.com
Physicians and nurses at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas treated several of the police officers and civilians shot during the ambush on law enforcement last Thursday night in downtown Dallas.

BJ Lewis, Denton Record-Chronicle
Fresh off a 12-hour stint in scrubs and tending to patients in the cardiac unit of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, Talecia Hawkins had her heart set on peace and relaxation for her July Fourth weekend.

Sabriya Rice, Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth’s Texas Christian University is one of nineteen organizations in the state that will receive federal funding to bolster training for health care professionals.

Matt Goodman, D Healthcare Daily
All stakeholders in healthcare delivery, from the patients and employers to the physician and the payers, are under intense pressure to collaborate to whack away at waste like never before, providing significant cost-saving opportunities for those willing to take risks.