Our co-founders and leadership recognize the value of mentorship and have invested in paying it forward to nurse leaders who follow in their footsteps. If you don't have a mentor, hit 'follow!' Our community is full of inspiring, experienced, generous, and active CNOs, CNEs, and nurse executives. Have a mentor? Tag them and share the impact they've had on you! https://lnkd.in/guPyKHXE
If you’re transitioning into a CNO role, you may be asking yourself, “Am I ready?” Actually, what you should be asking is, “Who’s guiding me?” Based on my decades of experience as a CNO, having a mentor is critical. I still remember stepping into my first CNO role and finding that, although there was no orientation for me, there were certainly a lot of expectations. This experience informed my Doctor of Nursing Practice capstone at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. My DNP advisor, Pat Yoder-Wise, encouraged me to select a project I could work on beyond graduation. So I began by developing a toolkit to help systems strategically onboard new CNOs into their cultures. After graduating, my DNP passion project evolved. Today, I’m proud to lead The Nurses Legacy Institute. Our nonprofit builds on that DNP work through our Nurse Leader Training Program, the CNO Institute. Along the way, I was guided by mentors, from Mal O’Connor to my DNP advisor Pat, who also taught and mentored Sylvain Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN. Having heard about me from Pat and his boss, Syl reached out to me, too. When we met for OUR first mentorship lunch, he asked, “What should my next leadership role be, to become 'a Joyce'?” Fast forward a few years, now a system CNE, Pat and I were thrilled to invite Syl to join the CNO Institute faculty, continuing our shared mentorship legacy! Together, we help nurse leaders like you identify critical relationships, navigate politics and governance, handle comparisons to “beloved predecessors,” build trust, earn buy-in, and envision revolutionized care. Can you imagine having a mentor to turn to who has lived it? At the CNO Institute, Syl tells every nurse leader, “If you don’t have a mentor now, you’re behind the eight ball. That should’ve happened yesterday.” He admits, “I made the mistake of waiting too long.” Take your first step towards finding a mentor today. Join our growing network of past and present nurse leaders, attend events, and build relationships. Follow The Nurses Legacy Institute to learn about upcoming opportunities!