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How to Strengthen the Preceptor–New Graduate Nurse Relationship

The preceptor–new graduate nurse relationship can make or break a nurse's transition into practice. Before a new nurse fully finds their footing, the tone set in those first weeks shapes whether they stay, thrive, or quietly walk away.

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8 Primary Attributes of a Healthy Team

For more than 10 years, we’ve been working with healthcare leaders and their teams to create a healthy workplace by first, addressing bullying and incivility. Over time, we’ve notice patterns of behaviors and attributes common...
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Strategies to Reverse the Great Resignation in Healthcare Before It’s Too Late

The Great Resignation has been sweeping its way across the country since the pandemic began. As consumers, we’re all impacted by the shortage of workers. Like when there are plenty of tables open at a...
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How To Stop the Martyrs From Being Martyrs

Do you work with a martyr? You know, someone who constantly thinks they do more than everyone else? Someone who spends all their time and energy comparing their workload to everyone else’s and always seems...
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Research Results About Leaders’ Ability to Address Disruptive Behaviors

While most healthcare leaders deal with disruptive behaviors in the workplace daily and understand the angst this causes them and their teams, many are unaware of the tremendous impact to patient safety, the patient experience,...
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Why Do Nurses Bully Each Other?

When asked the question, “What is one chronic and painful problem in your industry that no one seems able to solve?”, my response was, “That’s easy. It’s nurses bullying nurses.” But the real question is...
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How to Create a Professional Work Culture

Being a leader in healthcare is hard enough without worrying about your employees making it harder. Bullying, incivility, and inter-professional conflicts are consuming way too much of a leaders’ time – time better spent on...
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3 Strategies to Help Nurse Leaders Tackle the Rise in Workplace Bullying and Burnout

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes within our healthcare system. Now more than ever, nurses are being challenged with a barrage of never-ending stressors: continued patient surges, new disease variants, high patient acuity,...
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How to Stop Cyberbullying in the Workplace

If you’ve ever received a hostile e-mail from someone at work or had nasty things written about you by a co-worker online, you know what it’s like to be a target of cyberbullying in the...
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