Becker's Healthcare August 27, 2024
As chief nursing officer of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Christy Grabus makes it a point to be as accessible as possible to front-line nursing staff.
Rounding, joining staff meetings and quick, scheduled check-ins are central to her leadership style at the Woodbridge, Va.-based hospital, she told Becker’s.
“One of my favorite things to do is round,” Ms. Grabus said. “It’s an opportunity to get to know your team better. It’s also an opportunity to get to know patients better and just get a really good idea of what’s going on from a big picture perspective, and figure out what [nurses] need.”
It’s this approach that recently earned her what she called the complement of her career: “Our...
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