09/17/2025
🩺 Here’s a post from Ebony S. Gebrehawariat President, TNA District 7:
Workplace psychological safety isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. It shapes how nurses show up, speak up, and grow in their practice.
When psychological safety is present:
✅ Staffing and retention improve because nurses feel valued, not expendable.
✅ Reporting and compliance are strengthened because fear of retaliation is removed.
✅ Innovation thrives, especially among early-career nurses who bring fresh ideas but need environments that invite, not silence, their voices.
When it’s absent, we see the opposite — turnover, silence in the face of harm, and a workforce that feels disempowered and burnt out.
Fostering psychological safety is foundational to the future of nursing. We cannot build resilient systems without first building brave spaces for nurses to lead, learn, and advocate. I’m so proud of the work our Early Career Nurse Committee, led by Klade Rodriguez, MSN‑NEL, MHA-SM, RN, in supporting newly licensed nurses. This is where our workforce strategy begins — not just with numbers, but with culture!
Join the American College of Healthcare Executives
- Central Texas Chapter on Tuesday, October 14th for impactful conversations surrounding workforce innovation and resilence during the CNO Panel at the ACHE Central Texas Fall Executive Summit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ache-central-texas-fall-executive-summit-tickets-1684024264909?aff=oddtdtcreator
💬 I’d love to hear from you: How have you fostered psychological safety and a speak up culture in your workplace?
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