After reviewing the survey feedback and developing QuickFacts sheets, I scheduled meetings with the key stakeholders. Knowing that the Ortho Quality presentation was delayed due to summer conflicts, I felt it was […]

Self-care has becoming increasingly important to me as the DNP program and COVID-19 pandemic progressed. Little did I know when I started the DNP program in January of 2020, that almost 2 months to the day we […]

Nearing the end of my DNP program journey I am considering next steps. What does completing this degree mean for me now and how has that changed over the course of the program? Continuing to listen to leadership […]

Public speaking has always been a major fear of mine since I was young. I hated presentations because of having to be the center of attention. I was always slightly amused by this because I am the child of a […]

Conversations remain a stressor for me. I hate what I perceive as confrontation and being the center of attention. The project management process requires many conversations and focus will be centered on the […]

On my way in and out of the hospital there is a poster with a motivational or leadership quote, something I enjoy seeing weekly to see who will be quoted that week. There have been quotes from A. A. Milne (Winnie […]

Looking over the last few months, I had to pause and think about what is next for my DNP project and within the DNP program. This pushed me to create an “Action Plan” to have next steps in writing as I look tow […]

Residency has forced me to look at multiple different aspects of my career and my daily work. Through that I have found additional ways to support my professional development while seeking academic value with the […]

The staff survey component of my DNP project has been an ongoing frustration. Naively I thought the survey would be the easy part: create some questions, type it up, and post/send to the teams and wait for data to […]

            One of the episodes of The DNP Project Podcasts mentioned the book Everything is Figureoutable (Forelo, 2019). The book discussion was intriguing and caused me to find the book to listen to and see if […]

            My on-going litany or mantra for this entire DNP project has been the “Art of the Pivot” and how to adapt. The implementation phase of the project has brought that need to the forefront of daily think […]

            The end of the Spring Semester brings two regular events: the Quality Forum and the DNP Blitz. This semester I found them interesting and even more enlightening. Having the opportunity to view both […]

There are several things that struck me while listening to Dare to Lead (Brown, 2018). The book is a conversational discussion of some of the leadership topics that Brown has presented in her previous books. It […]

            Two podcasts that I found exceedingly helpful this semester were The DNP Project Podcast and NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner (AANP). Each podcast brought different issues forward an […]

Seeking to improve and develop my leadership skills has been an ongoing objective of residency. Leadership books and leadership podcasts have helped me develop new ideas and expand skills as discussed in other […]

The orthopaedic quality meetings and the PACU meetings I have been a part of have helped to clarify the project and guide it as changed and evolved. Both meetings have allowed for clarifying the direction of the […]

The Coach for Leaders podcast by Dave Stachowiak has been a very valuable resource over the semester. The podcast is easy to listen to and I feel that I always learn something new from the discussion. One of the […]

I must be honest that when I found out that I was to serve as a faculty facilitator for the IPEC Geriatric Case course. I did not fully understand what that would require and the panic of having a “teaching r […]

            Several webinars were helpful both in project finalization and in implementation for discussion of further actions and reviews. NAON provides orthopaedic focused courses which helped to support my […]

            I recently finished The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger. Initially I found this book purely because of the Disney connection […]