Becker's Healthcare February 26, 2024
Over the past few years, much of the discourse on supporting the well-being of healthcare workers has focused on nurses and front-line teams — and rightfully so, as many nurses continue to report burnout stemming from their work environment. But to ensure efforts meant to support bedside nurses live up to their full potential, hospitals and health systems should be placing an equal focus on nurse managers, leaders say.
“Managers and nurse leaders have always been forgotten from the conversation,” Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, president of the American Nurses Association, told Becker’s.
Early this year, the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation released findings from more than 2,400 nurse leaders who were surveyed in November. Thirty-five percent...