Episode 190: The Importance of Nurses’ Health & Well-Being from the Bedside to the C-Suite featuring Dr. Katie Boston-Leary
Episode 190: The Importance of Nurses’ Health & Well-Being from the Bedside to the C-Suite featuring Dr. Katie Boston-Leary
In this episode, we talk with our special guest Dr. Katie Boston-Leary about the importance of nurses' health and well-being from the bedside to the C-Suite.
Katie is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association (ANA), overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation.
Katie shares about the ANA and the effort of the Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation program to help nurses combat burnout. We also talk about the top three challenges faced by Chief of Nursing Executives leading through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Katie also gives some advice to emerging leaders so they can be a healthy leader who exemplifies well-being.
In this podcast, you’ll hear:
05:07 - About the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the efforts to help nurses combat burnout
07:39 - Some of the improvements since the Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation program started
10:17 - The top three challenges cited by the chief of Nursing Executives leading through the pandemic
17:31 - About why we need to shift from sacrificing our health and well-being to become a strong leader
23:08 - About the “internal tension or pull” that nurse executives felt from supporting their teams while trying to support their own well-being
36:04 - About the interprofessional collaboration of ANA to support leadership well-being across all health professions
38:53 - Some advice for emerging leaders so they can be a healthy leader who exemplifies well-being
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Best Way to Reach Dr. Katie Boston-Leary:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiebostonleary/
Website: https://www.healthynursehealthynation.org//
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