John's publications
Journal Articles
- Leadership Engagement Builds a Powerful Team. Nursing Management, July 2022.
- Joint Commission Checklist Proves ‘Instrument-al’ for Sterile Processing Department, AAMI .org, June 23, 2021
- Fall prevention using proactive toileting: Acute care performance improvement success, Nursing Management, December 2019.
- Does a unit shift report “blackout” period improve patient safety? Nursing Management, March 2019
- Developing Strategies for On-Call Staffing: A Working Guideline for Safe Practices, AORN Journal, October, 2014
- The Cure for Bullying & Negativism, Nursing Management, November 2013.
- Email and the busy manager: A mobile strategy for a mobile world, Nursing Management, June 2013.
- Interviewed for article “Diverse communication styles are most effective for managing multigenerational staff”, OR Manager, June 2013
- Interviewed for 2-part series article “Succession: Identifying and mentoring OR Leaders”, OR Manager, December 2012, January 2013
- World’s Best Orientation Progress Grading Sheet: Handling employees’ failure-to-progress through orientation, Journal of Emergency Nursing, Jan 2013.
- World-Class Surgery Employee Evaluation...in 30seconds, AORN Journal, Dec 2012.
- The Road less traveled: Nontraditional nursing careers, Nursing Management, September 2009.
- Tips for nurse managers to find the job of their dreams, Nursing Management, Mar 2009.
- Flexible adaptation: Managing beyond your scope, Nursing Management, Nov 2008.
- Precise Practice: reinventing quality initiatives to ensure patient and staff satisfaction, Advance for Nurses, Jun 2008.
- Block Scheduling Diplomacy, Outpatient Surgery, Feb 2008.
- Keep a watchful eye on TASS, OR Nurse 2007, Oct 2007.
- Advancing from manager to director with operations orientation, Nursing Management, Sept 2007.
- On guard-and on track-with a maintenance program, Nursing Management, Jun 2007.
- World-class turnaround times in a Community Hospital setting: secrets revealed, AORN Journal, May 2007.
- Predict future success with structured interviews, Nursing Management, Mar 2007.
- Easy as PI: Advance for Nursing, Dec 2006
- Manager’s Dilemma: “Above & Beyond” employee evaluations; how tough should you be? Advance for Nursing, Nov 2006.
- Disciplinary Actions: the Four-Step Process that Eliminates Managerial Headache, Nursing Management, Jun 2005.
- Think Cooperation, not Competition, Nursing Management, Mar 2003.
- Disasters Happen in the Least Expected Ways, AARC Times, Oct 2001.
- The Critical Details of Blood Gas Certification, AARC Times, Feb 2000.
Speaking engagements
- 4/2024
- “Sterile Processing Department Productivity & Staffing Measures”, Speaker, Children’s Hospital Association Operating Room Director’s Forum, Atlanta, Georgia
- 10/2023
- “Addressing Bullying & Incivility on your team”, Speaker, Children’s Hospital Association Operating Room Director’s Forum, St. Louis, Missouri
- 4/2016
- “Creating a Positive Work Environment”, 13th Annual Observation Management Summit, Chicago, Illinois
- 9/2015
- “Patient Satisfaction: The Force Awakens”, EDPEC 2015, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
- 4/2015
- “Technology Key to Improving Efficiency and Containing MERS”, 2015 HIMSS Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
- 9/2014
- “Creating a Positive Work Environment”, September 2014 18th Annual Crisis Intervention Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
- 10/2012
- “New Directions in Management”, 2012 OR Manager Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 5/2012
- “So you want to be an OR Manager”, May 2012 Webinar, OR Manager.
Books
- Nurse Manager Orientation Workbook, 1st ed, 2018
- This Orientation Workbook provides a methodical approach to onboarding new nurse managers to all important department functions in 90 days.
- The workbook is retained in the manager's employee file as evidence of orientation completion.
- Healthcare Manager Orientation Workbook, 1st ed, 2018
- This Orientation Workbook provides a methodical approach to onboarding members of the management team to all important department functions in 90 days.
- The workbook is retained in the manager's employee file as evidence of orientation completion.
- Managing Partners: The How-To Manual for Nurse Manager Success
- This manual provides easy-to-use solutions that tackle the most troublesome issues facing Healthcare Managers today. Addressing staff turnover, job-related stress, smart-start tips for first-year and experienced managers alike, the savvy management practices explained in this manual not covered in conventional training programs. The Healthcare Manager will quickly be able to focus full time effort on high quality patient care using the Partnership Management Model, while keeping a very high quality of life and raising department performance to the best it’s ever been!