Nurse Essentials: A podcast focused on caring for you

• Leading Through Change: Inspiring Teams with a Shared Vision and Purpose

  Send us a textLeading through change can be challenging, but it’s inevitable. “Change is ongoing, it’s continuous, and we have to be constantly reevaluating, measuring and understanding its impact so that we can make sure we are moving in the right direction,” says Kerry Major, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Regional Chief Nursing Officer, Cleveland Clinic Florida and Chief Nursing Officer, Cleveland Clinic Weston. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Major discusses leading through change, whether it’s something imposed upon the healthcare organization, such as regulatory changes, or a transition implemented with the input of caregivers.

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• Nurse Retention: Creating a Culture of Committed Caregivers

  Send us a textNursing retention begins before caregivers even accept an offer to join your team. It starts with how the organization presents itself in the community and on social media and continues through the interview process, into the first year of employment and beyond. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Clinical Nursing Director Josalyn Meyer, MSN, RN, NE-BC, shares advice for retaining caregivers based on her 20-year nursing career and experience on Cleveland Clinic’s Enterprise Retention Council and Nurse Manager Retention Council.

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• Identifying and Managing Patients’ Allergies

  Send us a textReviewing a patient’s allergies is a cornerstone of providing effective care across the healthcare continuum. Allergies can affect everything from the food and medications patients receive while in the hospital to the devices and implants used in surgery. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Jeanette Kubicki, CNS, a clinical nurse specialist in Allergy and Immunology at Cleveland Clinic, shares her expertise on managing patient allergies.

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• Planning for Safe Patient Discharges

  Send us a textCare management is a vital nursing specialty. “Our objectives are always to assess patients immediately when they come into the door, and then try to align what their discharge might look like,” says Mark Torok, MBA, BSN, RN, CCMC, Senior Nursing Director for Care Management at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Torok discusses the role of care managers, key components of a discharge plan, the importance of evaluating a patient’s support system and home environment, and more. 

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• Helping Children Cope with a Family Member’s Hospitalization

  Send us a textNurses don’t just care for patients. They also care for families, which may include patients’ children, grandchildren and siblings. Nurses need to be mindful of the needs of those children. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Molly Gleydura, a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, shares advice on how to connect with children, ease their fears and anxiety, and help them understand what’s happening to their hospitalized loved ones.

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