Nurse managers’ success is critical to driving unit performance and meeting strategic goals. But their ever-expanding workload can feel like a clogged sink, with the tap wide open, overflowing and flooding on a daily basis. What’s causing the flood?
New Work “Pouring Through the Faucet”
- Large health system improvement initiatives delegated by senior leaders
- Multiple requests from other departments and staff, often hidden from nurse leaders’ view
Specific Pinch Points “Clogging the Drain”
- Hunting down and compiling data for reports and performance analyses
- Managing staff schedules, incorporating staff requests, filling vacant shifts
- Back-office work limiting time managers can spend rounding on patients and staff
Check out our infographic to discover 5 executive strategies to help “reduce the flow” and “unclog the drain.”
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