Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Team Practice: A System Approach.

All healthcare systems are challenged to provide sufficient access to appropriate care for the individuals and communities they serve. Among the commonly discussed interventions in an era of clinical shortages is the establishment of team-based care, where team members can practice at the top of their license. This solution ensures that talent and ability are amplified.

Nursing 2023: A New Emphasis on Nursing Strategy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been blamed for multiple health system problems. Many of the current issues, including staffing shortages, while exacerbated by the epidemic, have plagued us for decades. Various reactionary solutions to nursing shortages have been implemented during periods of crises, only to be abandoned when shortages have become less acute.

Nurses on Boards: Still a Challenge for Health Care Organizations.

Multiple articles have explained the benefits of nurses as hospital board members. The Nurses on Boards Coalition has been working for several years to increase the number of nurse board members. Yet, the percentage of hospital and health care board positions filled by nurses has been decreasing.

Always a Nurse: A Profession for a Lifetime.

A single career in nursing may encompass numerous and very different positions. Nurses are aware they can select from a variety of specialties, as they choose to learn additional skills or pursue new opportunities. Today's nurses use their intelligence, experience, and holistic concern for all people in more diverse arenas than ever before.

Preparing the Nurse Executive of the Future.

This month's edition of AONE Perspectives column discusses the challenges for nurse leaders and particularly nurse executives in the future. How can we prepare ourselves for change and to be effective and what will nurse executive practice look like in the future?

Addressing staffing shortages in an era of reform.

Health system leaders should understand that physician and nursing shortages threaten a hospital's ability to offer high-quality care. Integrated delivery systems should project their workforce needs for both the near term and long term. Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is using two new models of care that deploy staff in new ways.