Nurse managers’ success is critical to driving unit performance and meeting strategic goals. But their ever-expanding workload can feel like a clogged sink, with the tap wide open, overflowing and flooding on a daily basis. What’s causing the flood?

New Work “Pouring Through the Faucet”

• Large health system improvement initiatives delegated by senior leaders
• Multiple requests from other departments and staff, often hidden from nurse leaders’ view

Specific Pinch Points “Clogging the Drain”

• Hunting down and compiling data for reports and performance analyses
• Managing staff schedules, incorporating staff requests, filling vacant shifts
• Back-office work limiting time managers can spend rounding on patients and staff

Check out our infographic to discover 5 executive strategies to help “reduce the flow” and “unclog the drain.”

Download Now