Episode 122: Healthy Work Environments in Academia and Practice featuring Dr. Liz Madigan

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Dr. Liz Madigan about the importance of creating healthy work environments in academia and practice.

Dr. Madigan is a Chief Executive Officer at Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She is also a tenured professor at the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Liz shares how Sigma recognizes and honors clinical facilities and academic settings that have demonstrated commitment in promoting a healthy work environment.

She also talks about some of the issues like incivility, microaggressions, and bullying in academic settings and healthcare organizations.

We discuss with Liz the importance of meaningful recognition for nurses, faculty, and others in support of creating a healthy work environment.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

08:35 - Why Sigma started the conferences in promoting healthy work environments

10:41- About the need for a healthy work environment in academia

17:01 - The impact of the pandemic on the work environment in clinical settings internationally

20:47 - Some strategies to support creating a healthy work environment in clinical settings

22:34- Examples of how organizations have created a healthy work environment

28:49 - About the balance of command and control and participative decision making in creating healthy work environments

34:05 - About using the pandemic crisis as a way to make things better

While you’re thinking how much you’ll learn in this episode about the importance of healthy work environments in both academia and clinical settings, start listening here now or go here to watch on the MissingLogic LLC YouTube channel.

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