Business and Bedside: The Role of Professional Organizations
When I first started working as a clinical consultant last summer, I was consistently exposed to new programs, skills, and concepts. One day I was learning about Smartsheets (a project management tool) and the next day uploading documents to a Dropbox folder…meanwhile I was still learning basic foundational knowledge on how to be an asset to my team….WHEW!! I was confident that I was a great bedside nurse in the ICU with lots of clinical experience, but now I had to gain the leadership, technical, and business skills to become an effective clinical consultant. What I needed was some guidance on how to adjunct my efforts…luckily the principals in my organization gave me just that-they advised me to start by joining professional organizations like the Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives (GAHE). I was no stranger to being involved in professional organizations, as I am an ambassador and volunteer for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and I served on multipl...