Revive July 10, 2022
Health disparities. Inequities. Social determinants of health. Could it be that the change the healthcare industry desperately needs lies in the hands of those actively making decisions on the ground floor — nurses? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) thinks so, and we set out to help the foundation give nurses the voice they deserve.
Moving an industry keen on standing still
Between exhaustive hours, regular life-or-death decisions, and that constant I-can’t-put-out-the-fire feeling, nurses bear the weight of the world on their shoulders. Yet, with all of this pressure, nurses often lack the support they need to drive transformation in healthcare.
Our research showed that nurses needed more than hand-me-down messages from above or channels carefully monitored by HR....