What is the benefit of administrators and executives including nurses’ voices in decision-making?
What changes need to take place for nurses to be heard?
How can nurses encourage one another to feel more empowered?
What can leadership do to encourage nurses to share their ideas more?
He concludes with:
“Make sure there are opportunities, such as focus groups or town hall meetings, for ideas to be exchanged. Additionally, put data in the hands of nurses and give them the opportunity to see not only the individual patients they work with, but the hospital or health system as a whole in a manageable way. That will enable nurses to offer their insights. Give nurses that opportunity and develop them beyond their degrees to be evidence-based decision-makers by investing in continuing education to drive creativity and innovation.”
