TONL Monthly

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Adding an NP with a background in psychiatric nursing was just one tactic a Chicago nursing director used to dramatically improve care among unfunded behavioral health patients in the ED.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/NRS-324461/This-Nurse-Leader-Cut-LOS-by-40-in-the-Emergency-Department to view the full article online.

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review
Hospitals and health systems are using a myriad of recruitment and retention techniques as they brace for a nursing shortage — from bonuses and tuition reimbursement to career development opportunities and partnerships with educational institutions.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/how-5-health-systems-are-recruiting-retaining-nurses-during-an-rn-shortage.html to view the full article online.

By Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Lorina Marshall-Blake, Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses
PhD-prepared nurse scholars bring transformational leadership to healthcare.

Visit http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Features/Articles/The-Next-Generation-of-Nurse-Leaders.aspx to view the full article online.

Cathryn Domrose, Nurse.com
Taylor Graham, BSN, RN, graduated from nursing school hoping to find a job in or around Boise, Idaho, the city of 200,000 where she’d grown up, or another urban center. But when larger hospitals turned her down, she thought about Steele Memorial Medical Center in Salmon, a mountain community of some 3,000 people in the center of the state.

Visit https://news.nurse.com/2016/01/18/healthcare-in-the-outlands-administrators-look-for-ways-to-attract-rn-to-rural-health-jobs/ to view the full article online.

By Valerie Kiper, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Over the course of my nursing career, I often reflect back on the many mentors who have helped to mold my nursing career and set the standard for succession planning within the profession. As one of the predicted thousands of nurse leaders to retire within the next 10 years, I want to ensure that the future generations of nurse leaders will have instilled in them similar values and high standards of nursing leadership that I learned from my mentors along the way.

Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/tne-nwl/pdf/Preparing_the_Next_Generation_of_Nurse_Leaders.pdf to view the full article online.

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media
From increasing access to influencing better patient outcomes, health systems are recognizing the benefits of virtual patient visits and remote monitoring—and finding ways to mitigate the costs.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/TEC-324698/3-Ways-Telemedicine-is-Changing-Healthcare to view the full article online.

Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters
Surgery patients do better when nurses have better working environments, according to a new study.

Visit http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-nursing-surgery-idUSKCN0UZ2XL to view the full article online.

Janice Petrella Lynch, MSN, RN, Nurse.com
Nurse educators from around the country shared words of wisdom on motivational teaching strategies that help nurses learn and flourish, whether in school, in facility inservice programs or in the clinical setting. Here’s what they had to say.

Visit https://news.nurse.com/2016/01/20/sage-advice-motivational-teaching-strategies-for-nurse-educators/ to view the full article online.

Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News
Ask David Ross to describe an average day on the job. He says it doesn’t exist. Ross is a violence intervention specialist at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Though he isn’t a doctor, he’s been working at the hospital as part of its Violence Prevention Program for close to 10 years.

Visit http://khn.org/news/for-hospitals-treating-violence-beyond-the-er-is-good-medicine-and-good-business/ to view the full article online.

Tamara Rosin, Becker’s Hospital Review
The importance of gratitude — feeling and displaying an authentic sense of thankfulness — cannot be overstated in healthcare. Showing thanks is important in all types of interactions in the hospital setting, such as between the leadership and staff and between staff and patients. But little attention is paid to the right way of saying "you're welcome."

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/no-problem-or-my-pleasure-why-the-way-you-say-you-re-welcome-matters.html to view the full article online.

February 4–5, 2016, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Join us in Dallas in February for the 2016’s not-to-miss event. The 2016 annual conference theme is: Preparing for 2020 and Beyond—The Evolving Role of Nurse Leaders.

Visit http://www.texasnurse.org/ to view the full article online.

March 30–April 2, Forth Worth, Texas
Thousands of nurse leaders will gather at AONE 2016 Inspiring Leaders March 30–April 2 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Visit http://www.aone.org/conference2016/index.shtml to view the full article online.

Virgil Dickson, Modern Healthcare
The CMS is proposing new measures to better track frequency of care and spending in skilled-nursing facilities, home health agencies, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term-care hospitals in an effort to curb rising costs.

Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160121/NEWS/160129976/providers-balk-at-proposed-post-acute-care-measures to view the full article online.

houstonmethodist.org
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital announces Nancy Keenan, RN, MSN, MBA, NE-BC, as the new vice president and chief nursing officer. Keenan will be responsible for advancing nursing and clinical practice as the hospital continues to grow and expand in 2016 and beyond.

Visit http://houstonmethodist.org/1285_houstonmethodist/1315_newsroom/1316_newsroom_newsandevents/newsdetail/?key={071B2475-D5AD-4DAF-A726-5B637701BA41} to view the full article online.

Bill Hethcock, Dallas Business Journal
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics in Tyler has signed a letter of intent to become part of Christus Health, an international not-for-profit health system headquartered in Irving.

Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/morning_call/2016/01/six-hospital-east-texas-system-merges-into-irving.html to view the full article online.

Ilene MacDonald, FierceHealthcare
More hospital consolidations and a continued shift away from fee-for-service payment models to value-based care are among the trends to watch in 2016, hospital executives said in exclusive interviews with FierceHealthcare.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/2016-healthcare-industry-trends-predictions-business-issues/2016-01-08 to view the full article online.

Michael McLaughlin, The Huffington Post
The new law in Texas that allows handguns to be openly carried in many public places even permits licensed handgun owners to bring pistols into state-run psychiatric hospitals.

Visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-new-gun-law-allows-firearms-in-psychiatric-hospitals_us_56903c55e4b0c8beacf723f7 to view the full article online.