Linking leader and team member wellbeing – Rosanne Raso

08.04.2022

Episode 68 | Duration: 22:07

Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL, is the chief nursing officer of NewYork-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell campus and the editor-in-chief of Nursing Management. She is a national leader in improving the practice environment for staff, enhancing patient safety, and advancing nurse leadership. Among other roles, Dr. Raso is an adjunct assistant professor for both the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. She was the co-founder and past president of the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership, a collaboration of education and practice leaders focused on increasing nursing capacity in Kings County, NY. Dr. Raso was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November 2018 and as a fellow of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership in January 2021.

In this episode, Dr. Raso talks about her latest research looking at authentic leadership, healthy work environment, team-member well-being, and nurse retention. In it, she uncovered a remarkable resilience of nurse leaders to continue leading with authenticity and humanity, even as the work environment for nurses has diminished. She also talks about the need to support nurse leaders with the same process and practice improvement, as well as wellbeing support that frontline nurses need and deserve. Dr. Raso lays out a hope-filled vision for a future in which the structures of support for nurses and nurse leaders emerge from the challenges of the pandemic stronger and more human-centered than ever.

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