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About Us: The Founder
For the past decade, I have had the great fortune to work with thousands of nurses throughout California as a team development consultant and trainer at Kaiser Permanente. The trainings I facilitated addressed critical thinking, precepting skills, cultural competency, assertive communication, team building and conflict resolution.
The issues nurses usually cited as their top priority challenges to address included managing work-flow, ineffective communication among team members and a lack of accountability; my experience working with nurses has provided the inspiration for this site. Along with my direct experience working with nurses, the content on this site has been informed by my work as a licensed psychotherapist and coach.
Just as nurses work on a team, SupportForNurses.com is a team effort. While my role is the founder and primary writer of the articles on the site, there is a team of experts who have contributed their ideas, considerable expertise and writing talents: the highly informative tips booklets and products, they authored have made this site an invaluable resource and asset to nurses, nurse educators and nurse recruiters around the globe.
Our Team of Experts
Geri-Anne Galanti, PhD is a medical anthropologist; she has written extensively about the importance of integrating cultural competence into health care, including the renowned Cultural Competency in Healthcare. Dr. Galanti is the primary author of two SFN publications: 65 Tips for Foreign-born Nurses Working in American Hospitals and Orienting Foreign-born Nurses to Work Effectively in American Hospital, A Training Manual for Health Educators. To learn more about Geri-Ann Galanti, visit her website.
Kathy Quan, RN, BSN is an accomplished author of several nursing books: The Everything New Nurse Book and The Everything Guide to Careers in Health Care; she has contributed extensively to SFN publications, including: 80 (PLUS) Terrific Tips for a Successful Transition: New Grad to Competent Nurse and Tips and Strategies for Effective Time Management. Expect more of Kathy's expertise at SFN in the form of product development and best practices. Visit our Resources page, Kathy Quan Section; the links in this section will take you directly to Kathy's websites.
SupportForNurses.com will continue to add valuable products, tips booklets and other resources to serve nurses, nurse educators, health educators and other roles that support nurses.
As the founder of SupportForNurses.com, my vision is to continue to support a place for nurses where skills can grow and potential is realized.
To Your Success!
Jackie Brookman, MFT