Tag: leadership development

Health systems report dramatic nurse retention gains through residency, development programs

Editor's Note Two of the nation’s largest health systems are reporting major progress in nurse retention after investing in structured residency programs, mentorship, and professional development. According to a September 10 article from the Catholic Health Association of the United States, CommonSpirit Health has boosted new nurse retention to 86%…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
September 22, 2025
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Getting ready for OR Manager Conference 2025: Neha Amin on reclaiming balance, joy, purpose

Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, Surgeon-turned-coach on reclaiming joy, purpose in healthcare: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference.   Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC, will be attending this year’s OR Manager Conference for the first time. OR Manager talked to her about her…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 16, 2025
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Surgeon-turned-coach on reclaiming joy, purpose in healthcare: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference

Burnout continues to threaten the perioperative workforce, pushing many leaders out of clinical practice altogether. Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC, a double-board certified surgeon specializing in burns, knows the toll burnout can take on healthcare professionals, having faced it personally. After navigating her own burnout experience, she founded a coaching…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 16, 2025
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Getting ready for OR Manager Conference 2025: Dan Weberg on innovation, user-centered design

Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference.   Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, will be attending this year’s OR Manager Conference for the first time. OR Manager talked to him about…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 8, 2025
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How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference

Much like the Blockbuster video store chain had a choice to innovate before the rise of streaming, Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, thinks healthcare is at a similar crossroads. As an ER nurse turned educator, executive, and innovation expert, Dr Weberg sees the 4 million nurses nationwide as being…

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By: Carina Stanton
September 8, 2025
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OR leaders must sharpen questions, partnerships as AI reshapes perioperative care

Editor's Note Artificial intelligence (AI) will not replace perioperative leaders, but it will demand sharper decision-making, closer collaboration, and thoughtful staff engagement, OR Manager coverage reports. AI is poised to transform perioperative practice, yet its value depends on how leaders choose, evaluate, and integrate these technologies. Key insights the article…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
September 2, 2025
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Lessons for leadership: Navigating change in times of persistent uncertainty

Healthcare has never been static, but today’s perioperative leaders face a unique challenge: steering teams through volatility, complexity, and rapid disruption. In a recent OR Manager webinar, Phyllis Quinlan, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, executive coach, nurse entrepreneur, and longtime advocate for caregiver resilience, offered a candid roadmap for change management in…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
August 28, 2025
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Low-cost simulation helps surgical trainees practice crisis skills for major hemorrhage

Editor's Note A novel, low-cost simulation of intraoperative hemorrhage successfully challenged surgical residents and fellows to practice both technical and nontechnical crisis management skills. According to a study published in Surgery on August 19, the model replicated a lacerated vena cava bleed and allowed learners to rehearse vascular repair, teamwork,…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
August 28, 2025
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Nurse legal literacy protects practice, empowers practitioners

Know the law. It could save your patients’ lives and your staff members’ practices. This is the advice of several medical legal experts to OR leaders to prevent lapses in patient protections that risk injury or even death. Beyond ensuring safe surgery and preventing litigation, perioperative nursing experts who advance…

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By: Carina Stanton
August 27, 2025
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Global nursing workforce grows but inequities jeopardize health progress

Editor's Note The global nursing workforce has expanded to 29.8 million, up from 27.9 million in 2018, but stark disparities in nurse distribution threaten progress toward universal health coverage and global health security, according to a May 12 World Health Organization (WHO) news release announcing the State of the World’s…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
August 19, 2025
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