A workplace culture built on love and empathy improves organizational outcomes.
"If you can take the fear and blame out of your culture, what's left is all the good things about healthcare—love, compassion, empathy, shared decision-making, interprofessionality." – Julie Kennedy Oehlert, DNP, RN, chief experience officer at Vidant Health. There's no doubt that nursing is hard work. But for all the challenges nurses face, they also have infinite opportunities to positively affect others and to experience a sense of purpose. At Vidant Health in Greenville, North Carolina, leaders are using an innovative foundation for their organizational culture — working relationships structured around love and empathy — to create a safe, welcoming place where team members care about each other. This week's feature story highlights the outcomes the organization has seen through this approach. Also, in this issue: AONL 2020 canceled amid COVID-19 concerns Preventing COVID-19 transmission Hospitals struggle with infection control | |
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