‘God chose me for a reason’ — an LTC leader’s courage in facing cancer, global pandemic
By
Jennifer Jasper
Jul 27, 2022
I have been a licensed nursing home administrator since 2004, now in two states. I moved to the great state of North Carolina in 2019 and began practicing at a Principle LTC facility, Piney Grove Nursing...
CMP grant receives phenomenal nursing retention results, even during pandemic!
By
Peg Tobin
Jul 09, 2021
Tobin and Associates, Inc. received a Civil Monetary Penalty Grant to implement a Nurse Leadership Training Program in Ohio from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2020. The purpose of this grant was to...
Are you a one-person rescue team?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 15, 2018
I have heard nursing leaders refer to their nursing staff as their children. I think this can be good if it is in the context that your staff is like family. But I think it can be damaging if you feel...
What’s your 2023 leadership training plan?
By
Cara Silletto
Nov 07, 2022
As we begin to plan for the 2023 calendar year, I’m talking with more executives about their vision for professional development.
Long-term care’s overlooked staffing crisis
By
John O'Connor
Dec 05, 2022
There’s a staffing challenge in long-term care that gets far too little attention: the need for effective executives.
Lessons in leadership and predictions for the future of skilled nursing
By
Jim Love
Sep 09, 2021
When I took on my current position in April 2020, I couldn’t have imagined what the next year and a half would bring. With a background that includes executive, strategy and finance positions, I felt...
Commanding respect from the disrespectful
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 19, 2016
I started my nursing career in a very busy teaching-hospital operating room. I loved the excitement, the anticipation of the surgeon’s needs. But what I didn’t love was the utter disrespect...
In the FOG of CHAOS, some PRACTICAL things to do …
By
Martie Moore
Jan 14, 2022
How do you lead in the heavy fog of chaos? With the same skills and abilities you do when you are lost in the woods.
It’s hard work having this much fun
By
Julie Thorson
Aug 20, 2015
Being a leader means allowing the work to happen in an environment that’s exciting and fun. I believe too many people simply choose to be miserable.
Compassion in leadership
By
Julie Thorson
Apr 26, 2023
Everyone has something. Do you know what that “something” is for your team members? Recently, I was reminded that our teams, many times, are fighting a battle we may know nothing about. They...