Season 3 Episode 5 – Leading nursing teams today: What actually drives outcomes
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In this special Nurses Week episode, Jeff Doucette sits down with Teresa Connolly, Chief Nurse Executive at HonorHealth, to challenge a common assumption: that “empowerment” in nursing is happening at scale.
It isn’t.
Instead, they unpack what real empowerment looks like and why it’s the difference between organizations that struggle with burnout and turnover and those that deliver consistent, high-quality care.
This conversation goes beyond theory to explore:
- Why giving nurse leaders a true voice, not just responsibility, changes outcomes
- How frontline decisions shape safety, experience, and system performance
- What it takes to create environments where nurses choose to stay and lead
The takeaway: nursing leadership is more than a support function, it’s the engine behind safety, retention, and performance.