COVID-19 leads Colorado nurse execs to form collaborative

Kathy Boyle, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Denver Health and AONL member, spearheaded the creation of a nurse leader collaborative to share experiences and support her peers who work in Colorado health care systems. The group began as a reaction to the trials of the COVID-19 pandemic and gradually formalized into the Chief Nurse Executive Collaborative. The eight group members meet virtually every week to share challenges, plans and lessons learned. Initial conversations focused on COVID-19-related issues such as staffing strategies and ways to encourage resilience, but discussions migrated to cover plans for elective surgeries and issues related to workforce equipment and general patient care. (HealthLeaders Media article, 3/27/21)