Nurse Leader Cafe

Actionable advice for new nurse leaders

Administrative Skills

Build administrative skills for nurse leaders.  These blogs cover practical strategies for managing email, meetings, and productivity for nurse leaders.

  • How much patient care should a nurse leader be doing?

    How much patient care should a nurse leader be doing?

    Today as I’m writing this, I’ve just wrapped up a long shift where I spent a lot of time in direct patient care. We weren’t short-staffed, but tension was high and I could see standards starting to slip from overwhelm. I’m glad I did it, and I’m confident it was the correct choice of priorities.

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  • 3 powerful email tips for nurse leaders

    3 powerful email tips for nurse leaders

    Photo by Brian J. Tromp on Unsplash What’s the current situation in your email inbox? Is your unread count in the dozens? hundreds? thousands? You didn’t become a nurse leader so you could read and write more emails. Neither did I. Nevertheless, most of us receive a mind-boggling volume of emails each day, to the

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