From Bedside to Leadership: One Nurse's Journey with Melissa Lavis

Article review 2025 acuity staffing

In this episode, we discuss a white paper from the AONL that explores innovative nurse staffing strategies, focusing on acuity-based scheduling, technology integration, and float pool management to improve patient care and staff satisfaction.  https://youtu.be/REuuR9ImtwQ [https://youtu.be/REuuR9ImtwQ] AONL 2025 Nurse Staffing Trends Report - https://www.aonl.org/resources/2025-nurse-staffing-trends [https://www.aonl.org/resources/2025-nurse-staffing-trends] Other resources: AccuStaff Scheduling Software - https://www.accustaff.com [https://www.accustaff.com] Nurse Leader Competencies - AONL - https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-leadership-competencies [https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-leadership-competencies] Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Conference Insights 02:58 Acuity-Based Staffing vs. Ratios 05:57 Technology in Nurse Scheduling 08:50 Challenges in Staffing and Patient Care 11:44 Key Findings from the Article 14:45 Decentralized vs. Centralized Scheduling 17:50 Float Pools and Their Effectiveness 20:33 Balancing Staff Satisfaction and Patient Safety 23:34 Innovative Scheduling Solutions 26:28 Conclusion and Future Considerations

From Bedside to Leadership: One Nurse's Journey with Melissa Lavis

In this episode, we talk about the challenge of landing your first job when you are driven and really want to be a nurse leader. Tune in with us as we talk with Melissa Lavis, who shares her journey from Disneyland to Nursing Leadership. Melissa endured a lot of rejection before she landed her first job. How did she manage those experiences? Chapters: 00:00 Chapter 1  03:08 Chapter 2 07:28 Chapter 3 12:14 Chapter 4 25:14 Chapter 5 32:44 Chapter 6 40:01 Chapter 7

Painful Leadership Mistakes: Lessons Learned from Disciplining Nursing Staff

Watch Next: ADHD is our SUPERPOWER as Nurse Leaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr8fg148RkU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr8fg148RkU] Taresa and Cindy are Master's Prepared and Certified Nurse Leaders who are on a journey to empower other nurse leaders to create dynamic and high-functioning teams that produce improved patient outcomes and happy staff!  In this episode, Cindy and Taresa reflect on hard lessons they have learned when good intentions failed and created bigger problems.  Find out what they would do differently if they had known what they know now.

Minimal Resources: A Nurse Leader's Guide to Avoiding Burnout

In this podcast episode, Taresa and Cindy continue to explore Nurse Leader Burnout and share tips, tricks, sacrifices, and mindsets required to make things work.  Learn how investing in your staff will pay it forward and help you manage your workload. Watch Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7CGOMY_JQw&t=11s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7CGOMY_JQw&t=11s] How Nurse Leaders Can Build Resilience after Trauma and Workplace Violence Reference:  42% Rule https://www.stkate.edu/academics/healthcare-degrees/nurse-burnout#:~:text=Prioritize%20Physical%20and%20Mental%20Health,challenges%20and%20not%20experience%20burnout [https://www.stkate.edu/academics/healthcare-degrees/nurse-burnout#:~:text=Prioritize%20Physical%20and%20Mental%20Health,challenges%20and%20not%20experience%20burnout].

The Rest of Forever: Burning out as an Experienced Nurse Leader

Watch Next: Keeping the Frontline Perspective: Interview https://youtu.be/Ks8B1q2WMCA?si=oCCK0pBpXhSmF6y5 [https://youtu.be/Ks8B1q2WMCA?si=oCCK0pBpXhSmF6y5] So you’ve made it through the learning curve of the first two years in a nurse leader position, now what?  Taresa and Cindy, Master’s Prepared and Certified Nurse Leaders walk through all the ways you can end up in the burnout cycle and Hint: It’s not just being overworked.  Tune in to hear some of the lessons they have learned and some surprising research on how to combat the elusive burnout enemy! References: 42% Rule https://www.stkate.edu/academics/healthcare-degrees/nurse-burnout#:~:text=Prioritize%20Physical%20and%20Mental%20Health,challenges%20and%20not%20experience%20burnout [https://www.stkate.edu/academics/healthcare-degrees/nurse-burnout#:~:text=Prioritize%20Physical%20and%20Mental%20Health,challenges%20and%20not%20experience%20burnout]. Eight Ways Nurses Can Manage a Burnt-Out Leader  Squellati, R. & Zangaro, G. (2022). Eight ways nurses can manage a burnt-out leader. Nurs Clin North Am. 1 (67-78). doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2021.11.005 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2021.11.005]