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How to Transition from Bedside Nursing to Leadership Roles

Diversity Nursing

The journey from bedside Nursing to leadership can feel like a leap into uncharted territory. Whether you're looking to become a Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager, or Director of Nursing, this guide provides actionable steps to help you navigate the shift successfully. Acting as a preceptor or mentor for new Nurses.

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Honor Preceptors for the Difference They Make

Nurse.com

How does a nurse’s limited experience and fear evolve into expertise and confidence, one may ask? Preceptors! Preceptors are the key to a smooth transition to competence for students, new grads, or experienced nurses moving from one specialty to another. So why would a nurse take on this added responsibility?

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BSN Clinical Rotation Guide: What to Expect in Each Specialty

Registered Nursing

Leadership/Management Rotation This final rotation focuses on developing nursing leadership skills.

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The 6 C’s: A Framework for Finding the Right Team Fit

Healthy Workforce Institute

You delegate a weekly report to your Assistant Nurse Manager, who begrudgingly accepts, and then 8 weeks later, you actually look at the reports shes been sending and they are the exact same all she did was change the date. If you are a Director, make a list of your managers and run them through the 6 Cs. Thats integrity.

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7 Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Relias

Participants reported higher satisfaction with orientation and onboarding compared to those without a formal nurse residency program. Organizations with a nurse residency program provide new nurses with additional support while also engaging experienced nurses as preceptors — fostering new connections and a healthy, collaborative culture.

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Meet David Nguyen an RN at Boston Medical Center

Minority Nurse

I strongly feel that the University of Massachusetts Lowell nursing professors prepared me for real world experiences and nursing skills. As a new graduate at Boston Medical Center in MICU, I have many resources and support systems in place, which include my nurse educator, nurse managers, and nursing preceptor.

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Nurse Emeritus Combats Staff Shortages by Keeping Retired Nurses Engaged

Scrubs

Emeritus nurses can work at the bedside or within the department of nursing as a way of putting their experience to good use. They are often there to guide new-to-practice nurses, managers, and directors of nursing as they try to change the industry for the better.