SHARED LEADERSHIP Wellstar Paulding nursing research attracts international interest WELLSTAR PAULDING MEDICAL CENTER An Australian nurse used funds from a scholarship to travel to Wellstar Paulding Medical Center to learn nursing best practices.
When Australian nurse leader Whitney Johnson read a journal article by Wellstar Paulding Medical Center nurses, she was intrigued. The article, “Lending a Helping Hand-Mentoring through Chaos!,” was published in the Journal of Nursing Management . Whitney reached out to the authors, sharing her interest in Paulding’s nurse mentoring work and other topics. Whitney, deputy director of nursing for the Alfred Mental and Addiction Health Program at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital, was the recipient of a scholarship that allowed her to travel internationally to study relevant programs and practices in mental health. She chose to visit Wellstar Paulding, where she was informed about resources supporting nursing research, as well as relevant studies and innovative best practices.
During her visit, Paulding hosted a Nursing Research and Best Practices event. Paulding clinical nurses and nurse leaders were on hand, as well as nurse leaders from the Center for Nursing Excellence and Kennesaw State University. Also discussed were two research studies on nurse mentoring, and a study on virtual nursing, featuring insights from a Paulding virtual nurse. Other discussions centered on charge nurse and manager training, Magnet® journey best practices and a review of Wellstar extern and residency program retention data. Whitney shared information about challenges and best practices from Alfred Health, with the focus on nurse education, advocacy and barriers to mental health treatment. n
Research Dissemination Team: Front row left to right: Michelle Gaddis, PhD, RN; Holly Hopkins, MSN, RN; Whitney Johnson, Deputy Director of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia; Lydia Casteel, MSN, RN, CCRN; Molly (Meriel) McCullum, PhD, RN Second row left to right: Joysline Ndungu, DNP, RN, PCCN; Sharlene Toney, PhD, RN; Kim Knotts, MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Lisa (Margot) Hedenstrom, PhD, RN, MBA, NEA-BC; LeeAnna Spiva, PhD, RN Back row left to right: Katrina Nelson, BSN, RN; Julie Cooper, BSN, RN, CCRN; Cheryl Williams, MSN, APRN, FNP
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