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Pathway Program Director Spotlight

Winter Chambers Horton, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC

Pathway Program Director

Covenant Children's Hospital

Click HERE to read more about Winter's personal impact of designation for Covenant Children's Hospital, implementing the Pathway framework and, future plans for sustaining a positive practice environment during their designation.

Behind the numbers

Factors influencing nurse manager satisfaction and retention

Caldwell, Meredith DNP, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC; Pabico, Christine PhD, RN, NE-BC, FAAN; Robertson, Sasha MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCCTM; Hayes, K. Melissa DNP, ANP-BC, CHFN; Carson, Will MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC; Kleinpell, Ruth PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP

Nurse managers (NMs) play a pivotal role within healthcare organizations, serving as the cornerstone between administrative directives and frontline patient care. Considerable research on direct care nurse retention has been conducted in recent years; however, there has been limited focus on NM support, job satisfaction, and the impact on NM retention. As part of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) matching program, a DNP project was formulated in collaboration with the American Nurses Credentialing Center to address this gap.6 

Results of the project were synthesized to begin the development of a toolkit that designed to help nurse executives improve NM retention and satisfaction. 

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Featured Article

Pathway and Sigma partnership

Leveraging professional branding

Gray, Sarah E. DNP, RN, CEN, FAEN; Dans, Maricon MSN, RN, NE-BC
The American Nurses Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence® Program (Pathway) and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) are harnessing their collective impact to grow in value and benefit nursing worldwide. Both organizations recognize the importance of striving for positive practice environments and creating a sustained culture of excellence by supporting individual nurses along their professional journey. One way to support nurses as they seek career growth is through professional branding.

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Maureen Brady

Nursing Management’s Senior Editor 

"Nursing Management provides its readers with strategic professional information and services that nurses need to excel as healthcare leaders, and the six standards of the Pathway to Excellence® framework are critical to nurse leaders’ success. As the official leadership journal of the Pathway to Excellence® program, Nursing Management is honored to deliver the latest Pathway news, initiatives, and information to help inform nurse leaders as they work to create positive practice environments for their teams. If you have valuable information to share with other nurse leaders, we’d love to hear from you. Email Maureen.brady@wolterskluwer.com for more information, or visit www.editorialmanager.com/nmg to submit a manuscript."