In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editors Sarah Delgado and Kathryn Ann Connell bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Creating Healthy Work Environments in Critical Care Nursing. Top experts discuss how implementing and maintaining healthy work environments is foundational to addressing current, pervasive issues in critical care nursing, including poor quality of care, inappropriate staffing, workplace violence, medical/nursing errors, bias/ discrimination/ inequity, and threats to nurse wellbeing. Additional articles describe the roles of leaders, advanced practice nurses, staff nurses, contingent staff, nurses on alternate shifts, and nurse scientists in contributing to the health of the work environment.
Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the impact of the work environment on patients and families and care delivery in critical care; the critical care work environment and staffing: investing in the nursing workforce; critical care work environments and digital strategy; critical care work environments and equity; and more Provides in-depth clinical reviews on creating healthy work environments in critical care nursing, offering actionable insights for clinical practice Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
The Impact of the Work Environment on Patients, Families, and Care Delivery in Critical Care The Nurse Work Environment and Staffing in Critical Care Finding Digital Harmony: The Impact of Technology on Nurses’ Happiness Critical Care Work Environments and Personal Safety: Preventing Workplace Violence Building Inclusive Excellence: A Framework for Equity and Belonging in Health Care Work Environments Ethical Decision Making, Moral Distress, and Mattering in the Context of Healthy Work Environments and Moral Community The Foundation of Healthy Work Environments: Authentic Leadership Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and Healthy Work Environments in Critical Care Bridging Generational Gaps to Build and Sustain Healthy Work Environments in Nursing Practice The Role of the Nurse Scientist in Assessing and Prioritizing the Work Environment Building Trust for a Healthy Work Environment Sustaining Healthy Work Environments in Critical Care: Evidence-based Strategies for Nurse Leaders
