Community Engagement

Is a Nurse on Your Board?

Nurse leaders have strong skills that are valuable to community, corporate, and foundation boards, but nurse leaders are rarely invited to serve on Boards. The Nursing Consortium of Florida engages a range of community organizations and promotes nurse leaders as excellent prospective directors because of their

Integrity - Nurse leaders tend to have a strong personal moral code because they work in environments where earning trust is mission-critical.
Good listeners – Nurses generally and particularly those who advance to executive leadership positions have highly developed assessment skills. They are great listeners and so much more.
Visionary leaders – Nurse leaders work in challenging situations and deal with matters of life and death daily. As members of the C-suite team and the leaders of the great majority of the organization’s employees, they have a significant role in moving their organizations forward.
Emotional Intelligence – Nurse leaders have an especially keen ability to perceive what motivates others, and the ability to monitor and manage their own emotions in a wide range of challenging circumstances. This helps them be excellent conveners and moderators.
Excellent communication skills (oral/written) – Nurses and nurse leaders must present complex clinical information to patients and patient families in a manner that those lacking clinical training can make informed decisions.
Business acumen (large budgetary and HR responsibilities) – Nurse executives are responsible for the great majority of hospital staff and with that the budget salaries and related equipment and supplies, and for staff development. Hospital margins are tight, so nurse leaders are familiar with the challenges of improving performance while controlling costs.

A Powerful Partnership

Getting nurse leaders placed on boards provides them with an important opportunity to leverage their core skills beyond the healthcare setting and the opportunity to develop relationships with a range of community leaders. Nurse service on boards and committees with non-nurse leaders enhances and broadens the image of nursing in the community. As Founding Strategic Partners of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, the Nursing Consortium of Florida has a wealth of board training materials available to help your new nurse director be a more confident and better-prepared director from day one.

Describe your target audience's pain point?

Nationally 10,556 board seats in non-nursing organizations are held by nurses. Florida has only 326 nurses serving as directors in non-nursing organizations; 55% of the national goal for Florida of 652 nurse directors.
Nurse leaders in South Florida seek opportunities to:

Through board service, nurse leaders can become better connected to community movers and shakers, and enhance their ability to generate community support for nursing priorities. Successful placement of nurse leaders on boards also contributes to nursing’s ability to influence public opinion and garner support for important investments in the profession.

Bringing Nursing and the Community Closer Together

The Nursing Consortium of Florida’s Community Engagement Committee promotes the benefits of adding nurse directors to community organizations, conducts targeted community outreach to identify new or expanded opportunities for nurse leader participation on community, corporate, and foundation boards, and helps prepare nurses to become effective directors utilizing materials developed by the Nurses on Boards Coalition in which the Consortium is a Founding Strategic Partner. The Consortium’s Community Engagement Committee also identifies opportunities for nurses at all levels to engage with a range of organizations on community initiatives.

Fostering Uncommon Collaboration Between Practice and Academia for a Better Healthcare Future

The Nursing Consortium of Florida is nursing’s community table where the profession’s leaders build on a long legacy of uncommon collaboration, to conduct effective youth outreach and develop and evolve programming that promotes careers in nursing.

Community Engagement

Is a Nurse on Your Board?

A Powerful Partnership

Describe your target audience's pain point?

Bringing Nursing and the Community Closer Together

Fostering Uncommon Collaboration Between Practice and Academia for a Better Healthcare Future

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