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Maximizing Your Abilities As Course Leader, Robyn A. Rice

Leadership Connection

In today's fast paced world of teaching and learning the role of the faculty as Course Leader as "leader" is increasingly emphasized. In such a role, faculty as Course Leaders are faced with a variety of challenges such as orientating faculty and students to the course as well as to university standards of practice. In such a position, Course Leaders are not only asked to coordinate the many sections of a course but to actually evaluate the faculty that co-teach with them. Course Leaders are often responsible for course updates and renovation. They routinely process course issues such as student …

Lived Experiences Of Internationally Educated Nurses Holding Management Positions In Usa: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study, Lilian A. Allen

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016: Understanding the lived experiences of internationally educated nurses (IENs) holding management positions is important because of the changing dynamics of the nursing profession and the increasing ethnic diversity in the United States population. Leaders in health care need insight into the experiences of IENs in order to develop policies and practices that support effective recruitment, retention, and advancement of IENs. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of IENs holding management positions in U.S. health care organizations. Purnell's model of cultural competence was the theoretical framework used …

Leading Transformational Change: An Innovative Preceptor Education Program, Susan A. Seibert, Sheila Hauck

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

New RN retention was a strategic goal of the Education and Professional Development Governance Council. Anecdotal reports indicated that new graduate RNs were dissatisfied with orientation, preceptors, and the processes. Staff Development Specialists reported low attendance in the preceptor courses. Newly employed RNs were often not assigned to the same preceptor with preceptors reporting inadequate time with their orientee due to patient load. What was apparent was that the retention rate for RNs who as students completed their medical surgical clinical on the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) was far higher than employed RNs …

Leading Through Loss, Robie Victoria Hughes

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Many leaders, including those in healthcare, are not prepared for the challenges that can face an organization when a staff member loses a child through an accident or illness. This presentation focuses on eight steps, supported by evidence-based literature, to guide leaders in promoting a conducive healing environments.

Leadership And Mentorship, A Likely Pair, Omar Ali, Rebecca Lee

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

Healthcare is undergoing unprecedented rapid change. Sweeping reform, advancements in treatment options, an increasingly diverse and aging population, and impending retirements of seasoned direct-care nurses have challenged nursing programs to supply more professionally trained nurses. The faculty shortage continues to be a significant barrier in preparing graduate nurses. In an effort to promote faculty retention and prepare the next generation of nursing education leaders, the Sigma Theta Tau International/Chamberlain College of Nursing Center for Excellence in Nursing Education (Center) offers leadership development programs for full-time nursing faculty who wish to increase their leadership …

Laidback Leadership: Technologies To Make Your Life Easier, Julie A. Jones

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: STTI offers many tools to save you time in your chapter leader role. This session will tour these technologies and offer tips to make your life easier. This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education contact hours.

It All Starts With 'Hello', Sabrina Collins-Christie

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Do you know how to introduce potential members to your chapter in a fun and exciting way? Do you know your chapter's true value? Attend this session to learn how to make an effective chapter introduction.

Interprofessional Collaboration: A Leadership Imperative To Value-Based Care, Susan Thurman

Leadership Connection

Top priorities in all healthcare organizations are improving patient safety and the patient experience. Nationally, The IOM published concerns with fragmented processes causing harm. The Joint Commission highlighted ineffective communication as a factor in medical errors. It is crucial for leaders to promote
evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes.

Influencing Nursing Leadership Excellence: Pedagogy Enrichment Within An Undergraduate Nursing Leadership Modality, Tanya L. Johnson

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Healthcare organizations and nursing educators recognize the broadening gap between leadership ability of new graduate nurses as compared to actual requirements as they began clinical practice. In spite of nursing programs conveying to healthcare organization not to expect proficient leadership competency in new graduates, hospitals are adamant they are in need of nurses who not only have acquired proficient clinical skills, but those who have documented leadership abilities. Consequently, a recent survey demonstrated that only 25% of nurse managers and 10 % of nurse executives were favorable toward new graduate preparedness related to …

Influence Through Lifelong Learning: Membership Engagement Advances The Nursing Profession, Jennifer L. Saylor, Jennifer S. Graber

Leadership Connection

The Beta Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) cultivates active recruitment and retention of members, which ensures a sustainable chapter through opportunities enhancing scholarship, leadership, and service. Chapter activities that foster lifelong learning (professional and personnel growth and development) are an essential piece to membership recruitment and retention. The Beta Xi chapter is dedicated to selfless mentoring and investing in its members. Engaging and involving new members immediately in philanthropy activities and the Leadership Intern Program yields a potential active lifelong member. Beta Xi provides avenues for its members to be engaged by celebrating its members at Membership …

Helping Your Hashtags: Publicity Via Social Media, Kailee Bennett, Michelle Coburn

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

Social media can be a great asset to your chapter's publicity efforts. Attend this session to learn the basic tips for some of the most popular social media platforms.

Global Leadership: Expanding Your Influence, Cathy D. Catrambone

Leadership Connection

The idea of nurses performing extraordinary feats is not unheard of. Nurses are many things, to many different people. They provide care to all. They speak up for their patients and their profession. They are as diverse as they are knowledgeable. They all have the uncanny ability to stand up and emerge as leaders. The purpose of this presentation is to inform nurses of their innate ability to become leaders in their profession. This presentation will provide a potential roadmap that can develop a nurse's capacity to influence global health. Through awareness and acknowledgment of one's current and potential scope …

Global Advisory Panel On The Future Of Nursing & Midwifery (Gapfon): Recommendations, Strategies, And Outcomes, Cathy D. Catrambone, Cynthia Vlasich

Leadership Connection

In 2015 and 2016, the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) convened seven regional meetings of the Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing & Midwifery (GAPFON) in Southeast Asia/Pacific Rim (in Seoul, Republic of Korea, June 2015), the Caribbean (in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 2015), Latin/Central America (in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 2015), North America (two meetings in Washington, DC, February 2016), the Middle East (in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 2016), Europe (in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2016), and Africa (in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2016). Global nursing and midwifery …

Exerting Capacity: How Bedside Rns Approach Patient Safety, John M. Leger

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

The numbers of patients in U.S. hospitals experiencing unfavorable, avoidable clinical outcomes continue at an alarming rate despite the development and implementation of patient safety initiatives. Until now, the majority of research into the concept of patient safety employed quantitative method approaches to investigate the possible causes of preventable adverse patient outcomes. There are several possible factors identified from research findings that might impact patient safety: an organization's safety culture, the practice environment of the nurse, and nurse staffing. To date, qualitative exploration of the perspectives of those closest to the patient - …

Examining Dnar Status In Pediatric Palliative Surgical Patients: An Application Of A Decision Analysis Tool, Margaret H. Hartig

Leadership Connection

Pediatric palliative care (PPC) involves a multidisciplinary approach for the improved quality of life of children with life-limiting conditions. Many PPC patients present for palliative surgery, which involves procedures that manage symptoms but include risks that could result in catastrophic perioperative events. Determining a patient's and family's wishes regarding do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) order status can be a difficult topic to broach for providers who encounter these patients for the first time during the preoperative evaluation. A decision analysis tool may help in determining the need for preoperative DNAR communication.

Establishing Expectations With A New Member Orientation, Sabrina Collins-Christie

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

It is important to orient new members of your nonprofit chapter so that they become actively involved and form personal, long-lasting relationships with fellow members.

Engagement Through Events: 50 Tips In 50 Minutes, Michelle Coburn

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016:

Do you want to keep members excited and engaged with your chapter? Providing dynamic events is one solution. This session will provide easy-to-implement tips to make your chapter's next events more engaging.

Effective Strategies To Promote Generational Cohesion In The Workplace, Amanda L. Veesart, Margaret B. Hammersla, Holly A. Buchanan

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

Despite the rise in the number of entry-level baccalaureate programs, the increase is not sufficient to meet the projected nursing practice demands (AACN, 2015). The aging workforce, high nursing staff turnover and an inability to attract and retain qualified nurses creates additional challenges that impact the ability to appropriately respond to the care needs of the community. Healthcare organizations continue to hire both younger nursing graduates as well as more experienced nurses to fill the void. As a result, five different generations coexist in the nursing workforce. Differences in employment needs and values, …

Don't Be A Martyr: Steps To Avoid Single-Handed Successes, Katherine Rogers

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016: Learning how to effectively delegate will make the best use of your time as a board member while also developing the skill sets of others.

Effective Nurse-Physician Collaborations: A Systematic Literature Review, Sherita L. House

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

This systematic review explored RN-MD perceptions of collaboration and the factors that influenced their perceptions. Nurses and physicians had varying perceptions of RN-MD collaboration. Shared decision-making, teamwork, and communication were reoccurring themes in this review. These findings have implications for additional studies that focus on ways to improve RN-MD collaboration.

Development Of A Formal Mentoring Program Model For Varied Professional Settings, Patricia Brady

Leadership Connection

This presentation will discuss the development of a formal mentoring program for enhancing the professional development of nurses regardless of practice settings. Focus will be given to a description of the process to allow participants to be able to implement the model in varied employment arenas.

Developing Student Nurse Leaders: A Multidimensional Approach, Debrayh Gaylle, Suzanne E. Malloy

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

The cultivation of future nurse leaders occurs primarily during students' academic formative years of nursing school. Through active nursing organization memberships (Akans, M., Harrington, M., McCash, J., Child,A., Gripentrog, J., Cole, S., Fitzgerald, K., ...Fuehr, P., 2013) and peer mentoring experiences (Wong,C., Stake-Doucet, N., Lombardo, C., Sanzone, L., & Tsimicalis, A., 2016; Ford, Y., 2016), student nurses acquire a skill set to prepare them for future leadership roles. The purpose of this presentation is to share a mentoring model for developing future nurse leaders. This project was implemented while student nurses attended a …

Developing Nurse Leaders In Tennessee, Kelly A. Wolgast

Leadership Connection

The purpose of this presentation is to inspire grassroots action to influence change in Tennessee and create nurse ambassadors for the Tennessee Action Coalition. The Culture of Health theme captures the intent to focus on collaborative leadership and empowering nurses to lead and influence change to advocate for actions that support health in Tennessee.

Developing Leadership Competencies In Dnp Practice Residencies, Christina Nordick

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: A void exists in exceptional leadership within health care. Dye and Garmin (2015) underscore the need to develop leaders in an unpredictable complex health care environment filled with changes in reimbursement and increasingly limited in resources. DNP prepared nursing leaders may be an integral part in filling this gap given their expertise in translational science and clinical expertise. Yet many DNP prepared nurses have not envisioned themselves as leaders in the health care arena. AACN (2015) mandates that practice experiences for DNP students incorporate all eight of the DNP Essentials. Moreover, inclusion of …

Dedicated Education Units: Process And Outcomes, Deborah A. Raines

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

A dedicated Education Unit (DEU) is a strategy to provide learners with a learning-rich clinical experience. The dedicated education unit (DEU) model of clinical nursing education is rapidly gaining popularity. A key word search in CINAHL revealed 23 articles and one dissertation focused on the concept were published in the past three years. However, these articles primarily focused on the use of the DEU on general adult inpatient units in acute care settings. Providing a rich and practice-dense learning environment is critical especially in areas of practice such as mother-baby or labor and …

Creating Advocates Among Members, Michelle Coburn

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016:

Active members who are proud of their membership experience are great assets to your recruitment efforts. This session will help your leaders cultivate member pride.

Creating A Positive Public Presence, Michelle Coburn

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: What do non-members in your community know or think about your chapter? This session will show you how to create a positive presence through publicity.

Cracking The Code: Attributes Of Effective Leaders In Challenging Times, Melissa A. Fitzpatrick

Leadership Connection

Escalating patient and family needs, community imperatives, intra-professional dynamics, economic and marketplace challenges and regulatory and compliance scrutiny continue to cause an inordinate amount of stress and burnout in those leading our industry and profession. This presentation cracks the code to unlocking the essential attributes that leaders must possess to optimize their effectiveness and to achieve our vision. Exemplars of leaders who successfully apply these attributes will be explored that will inspire everyone in attendance.

Collaborative Leadership In The Nursing Classroom: A Case Study Approach, Meagan L. White

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Purpose: As educators seek to move away from passive didactic learning toward active and engaging learner-centered strategies, nursing leaders have been charged with the task of transforming higher education for baccalaureate nursing students (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard & Day, 2010). In the past decade, the renewal of clinical learning has occurred through inventive active-learning strategies such as simulation; however, a paucity of research exists regarding similar pedagogical innovations in nursing classrooms. The purpose of this case study was to investigate the leadership behaviors, methods, and beliefs of a nurse educator transforming classroom pedagogy through …

Clinical Practice Protocol To Decrease Hospital Readmissions After Cabg Surgery: Implications For Clinical Leadership, M. Therese Jamison

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Background: The healthcare industry has been called to critically analyze issues that impact the quality and safety of patients and families. A quality and patient safety issue that affects the nation's healthcare system today is hospital readmissions. The definition of a hospital readmission for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), according to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (2016), is an inpatient readmission within 30 days from the date of surgery (DOS) for any reason. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have extended the 30-day readmission criteria to include readmissions …