Management Monday 4-21-25
Posted 5 days ago by Jennifer Parrott
Happy Monday!!
If you attended EXPO, you know that many of the educational sessions were focused on and around Nursing Engagement and Staff Retention. So, here is my question to all you leaders… How do you keep your nurses, co-workers, and staff engaged or show appreciation? Please share!
One of the ways that we show appreciation is with food, and not just pizza. Poor pizza gets a bad rap. We do order Pizza for those “just because” days, because we know ALL surgery people love to eat.
However, we provide so much more than just pizza! We love catering from different places, but Mexican food seems to be the #1 on our list. I know chips and dip are one of my food groups!!
A major way we keep our team engaged has been through developing a Culture of Safety. We empower our nurses and staff to use their voice! I remind them daily, if you do not speak up, we do not know what we need to work on! Because we all want to be the best of the best!
So, what do you do at your facility? Or something you have tried that hasn’t worked?
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I do like to hear about the retention strategies because I have been hearing that the nursing profession is still looking at shortages and rate of which nurses are leaving the profession is very concerning. We find food is a great way to thank staff for the hard work they do. But I know that different generational groups may have differing opinions. One comment I heard from a colleague was they have been going to the EXPO the last five years and they complained they hear the same topics over and over with no new solutions being offered. I know we have to continue to talk about those topics as they are important and some issues do take a lot of time (years in some cases) to solve. Do any of you have the same impression?
Reminder that the Leadership Specialty Assembly meeting this month was held at the EXPO in Boston and we will meet next May 19th with a presentation being offered. Hope to see you there!
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