Nursing

Virtual Charge Nurse Leadership Development – Cohort 2

Registration info coming soon Overview Nurse managers, if you want to grow your expertise as a unit leader, Virtual Charge Nurse Leadership Development was made for you. With facilitator Mark Kaliher, RN, you’ll cover advanced leadership strategies, communication techniques, setting priorities and managing conflict. You and your classmates will practice applying new skills in group […]

Charge Nurse: Creating a Culture of Safety

Overview The Joint Commission and Institute for Healthcare Improvement recognize that quality patient care starts with a culture of safety among staff. Learn how to foster this kind of culture — one where teamwork and trust rule and staff feel safe sharing concerns and ideas for improving care. In this one-day online course, you’ll briefly […]

Summit Highlights Central Coast Workforce Issues

On Oct. 9, HASC convened 40-plus stakeholders from hospitals, academic institutions, workforce boards and state partners at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara. The attendees gathered to discuss the workforce supply and demand gap for nursing and allied health professionals across the Central Coast region. Now in its third year, this summit continued the regional dialog on […]

Honoring Our Hospitals and Health Care Workers

As we celebrate National Hospital Week, May 7 to 13, I want to highlight the significant contributions our hospitals and health care workers make to our communities. In addition, we honor the compassionate healing work of our nurses as we recognize National Nurses Week, May 6 to 12. Did you know that Southern California hospitals […]