Bonnie Clipper DNP, RN, MA, MBA, CENP, FACHE. CTONE President

Nurse leaders are actively involved in transforming health care and health care policy while working towards the goals of improving patient outcomes, reducing the cost of care and improving access to care. While nurse leaders acknowledge the need for dramatic change in order to achieve these goals, their organizations are often unable to build cultures that can nurture and support the magnitude of change necessary. This kind of change can happen through innovation and utilizing unique approaches to today’s dynamic health care environment.

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Nurses bring a wealth of clinical understanding to the chief executive role, but they have to master business skills and a wider focus if they want to succeed.

Heather Punke, Becker's Hospital Review
Jeanette Ives Erikson, DNP, RN, first took at job at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1988 based on word of mouth from graduate school colleagues — and she hasn't left since.

Martie Moore, ADVANCE
I cannot remember the first time I heard the term "MacGyver Nurse."

Julia Quinn-Szcesuil, Minority Nurse
For years, business leaders have relied on the guidance and support of career coaches to help them advance in their professions and to achieve clear personal goals as well.

Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC
Nurses may choose to temporarily leave the profession for any number of reasons.

Jodie Jackson Jr., Columbia Daily Tribune
When she graduated from Avila University in Kansas City with a nursing degree, Laura Stimpson wanted to work at an established hospital where she could continue learning — and be part of a "family atmosphere."

Cynthia Sweeney, RN, nurse.com
"Being present" is a term we use easily, but what does it mean?

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Workplace safety and nurse surveillance capacity are significantly associated with healthcare organizations' performance on nurse, patient, patient experience, and pay-for-performance outcomes, according to analysis by Press Ganey.

Julius A. Karash, Hospitals & Health Networks
Amid growing demands for high-quality nursing care, the recently opened Union Square Campus in Greensboro, N.C., is using the latest technologies and an emphasis on teamwork to train student and practicing nurses.

Mary Rechtoris, Becker's ASC Review
BMJ Quality & Safety published a study finding acute care hospitals in Europe that substituted nursing assistants for professional nurses resulted in poorer quality of care and higher patient mortality, according to Medscape.

Kathleen Woodford, Clark Fork Valley Press
The U.S. Senate last month passed the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act. This legislation is aimed to increase access to healthcare in rural areas by authorizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study the Project ECHO model.

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Jessica Davis, Healthcare Finance News
After more than two years in the making, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law on December 13.

Fox News
A dying man’s wish to marry the love of his life was granted last Friday 36 hours before he died, thanks to quick-thinking nurses and staff at his Texas hospital. Raul Hinojosa, 33, was admitted to Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital on Oct. 22 for his chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a fungal infection in his throat and lungs, Amarillo.com reported.

Shelby Livingston, Modern Healthcare
One of the biggest concerns for health insurance, hospital and drug company leaders is figuring out how to operate in an environment that doesn't include the Affordable Care Act, which the industry has spent years investing in.

Paul Ausick, 24/7 Wall St.
The health care industry is expected to be hackers’ most heavily targeted sector in 2017, according to the latest "Data Breach Industry Forecast" from Experian.