Business and Bedside

Oscar Wilde once said “You can never be overdressed or over-educated.” In both nursing and in business, you can never stop learning! Having had over 10 years of bedside experience, I have seen evidence-based practice in medicine constantly evolving. As I learn more about the business world, I see industry trends are also always changing. Healthcare executives and insurance companies started talking about “Center for Medicare (CMS) guideline changes” in 2016 and now in 2023 they are focusing on how value-based care will change their business strategy. Since I am a lifelong learner, I am going to do a blog series on a few things I do and what others can do to stay curious. Browse your local library website and LinkedIn Learning I love the atmosphere of libraries. One day during the pandemic I was nostalgic for going to the library. So, I went to my library website and just started clicking around. I noticed they had a tab for digital resources. I was expecting a small list of links...

Since I began consulting, I have been absorbing all the information that I can to become successful. However, when combing the internet and searching for books to read, there weren’t many results that came up for “books for clinical consulting ”. It took me a while to find some that fit,   so I thought I would share! Two books that helped me the most were: Leading Change and Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager . One of the onboarding requirements for being a part of COR Consultants was to read Leading Change by John Kotter. It looked so dry from the outside and I was looking at my bosses like, “do I really have to”? But after studying it and implementing the take-aways, I can see why my they insisted and bought me a copy (plus left me a cute and inspiring message inside)! Leading Change is very well recognized in the consulting community and I hear it being referred to in different webinars and panel discussions. My eyes light up when I hear about it since I ...