Abstract

Nurses can make the workplace better for themselves and their coworkers. The Relational Nurse Champion program has helped improve relationships at an academic medical center where a focus on gossip/communication skills, recognition/acknowledgement, precepting, and stress management helped create a healthy work environment.

Author Details

Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP, Department of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA; Jared Michael Dougherty, BSN, RN, CCRN, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

The Pennsylvania State University Hershey, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Healthy Work Environment, Relational Nurse Champions, Relational Aggression

Conference Name

Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Relational nurse champions: Creators of a healthy workplace

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Nurses can make the workplace better for themselves and their coworkers. The Relational Nurse Champion program has helped improve relationships at an academic medical center where a focus on gossip/communication skills, recognition/acknowledgement, precepting, and stress management helped create a healthy work environment.