Managing the Intergenerational Nursing Staff is the nurse leader's go-to source for understanding and managing nursing teams that may include baby boomer, Generation X, and millennial members. You will find everything you need to know about the motivations, perspectives, and values of your diverse staff. The lively writing duo of a baby boomer and a millennial nurse provides an engaging resource packed with action plans, advice, and strategies for defusing intergenerational tension and improving communication and engagement. Chapters address dozens of generational values and priorities from each generation's perspective, offering nurse leaders keen insight into all the people they manage, regardless of age. Each of the core chapters opens with a scenario as it would be interpreted by staff from the emerging workforce (Gen X and millennials) versus the aging workforce (baby boomers). This helpful case study context makes it easy to apply the advice presented to the real-life nursing environment. Benefits: - Action plans provide practical steps nurse leaders can take to improve team relations. - Quick references compare generational perspectives on pivotal chapter topics and summarize key management solutions to potential staff issues.
About the Author: K. Lynn Wieck, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a professor of nursing at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she was a founding member of the online nursing PhD program. She has more than 40 years of experience in nursing administration and education. She is a nurse consultant for health policy and workforce issues relating to the generational needs of nurses, which is her research area. In addition, she has conducted research and been a national speaker on managing the intergenerational nursing workforce since the mid-90s.
Dr. Wieck has published six nursing textbooks that have been translated into five languages; she also wrote a monthly column for the Houston Chronicle on nursing issues for four years. She is past president of the Texas Nurses Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Wieck lives near Houston with her husband, Steve, and has three Gen X sons and three young grandsons.
Kimberly D. Moss, PhD, RN, is a clinical educator at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in New Mexico, where she leads staff development initiatives and collaborates to bring innovation to nursing administration. She has nine years of nursing experience in the acute care setting, including at the nurse manager level, and has also served as academic faculty. Her doctoral research focused on cohesion among intergenerational nurse educator teams, and one of her goals is to expose and eliminate harassment and abuse of nurses. In this book, she brings the millennial perspective to the development of contemporary nursing leadership solutions.
Dr. Moss supports her active duty husband in his service with the U.S. Air Force and has studied international nursing issues while living in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. She enjoys exploring the New Mexican desert with her family, who shares her passion for wellness and outdoor adventure.