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Selina Dallas, Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Detroit Medical Center · Becker’s Healthcare - Clinical Leadership Podcast

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  Welcome everyone, to the Becker's Healthcare podcast series. I'm Maria Mohammed,
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  writer and moderator with Becker's Healthcare,
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  and I'm absolutely thrilled to have with me today. Selena Dallas,
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  associate Chief Nursing Officer at Detroit Medical Center. Selena,
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  it's very nice to have you on the podcast today. How are you?
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  I'm great, thank you. How are you? Good.
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  Good. Thank you so much for asking. Well, to get us started,
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  would you mind please introducing yourself and telling us a bit about your
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  background?
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  Sure. My name is Selena Dallas.
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  I am the Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Harper Hudson Hospital at Detroit
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  Medical Center. Um, I have been a nurse for about 18 years. Um,
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  I, my primary background is emergency services. I love that fast pace. Um,
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  I have worked in various other areas. Um,
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  behavioral health would be my next specialty as well. Um, I just love it.
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  So that's a little bit about me and my background.
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  Got it, got it. Thank you so much and congratulations on the 18 years.
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  That definitely is an accomplishment. Um, and since you've, you know,
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  been in this setting for such a long period of time,
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  I'm sure you have a great answer to this next question I'm going to ask you.
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  And can you tell me about your most successful project or initiative from the
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  last year? Uh,
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  what is issues were you trying to solve and what drove the success?
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  Sure.
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  So I think my most successful would be the opening of a rapid admission
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  and discharge unit. Um, very successful. Uh,
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  the initiative trying to solve there was all around patient throughput and just
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  getting the patients into the appropriate places where they need to be. Um,
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  and, and it was just such a great success.
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  Wonderful. Thank you so much for giving us that insight. And as you know,
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  the clinical workforce has changed a lot in the last few years.
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  What challenges are you still facing and how do you see the clinical workforce
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  evolving?
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  You know, staffing just continues to remain a challenge, I think in,
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  in just in healthcare in general, and not just nursing, it's, um,
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  all disciplines. Um, I do see the clinical workforce evolving,
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  um, you know, technological advancements.
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  Those advancements have the potential to automate certain tasks, you know,
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  improve diagnostic accuracy and enhance patient care. You'll,
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  I think we'll see more interdisciplinary collaboration. Um,
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  clinical workforce is likely to see more collaboration between different
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  healthcare professionals such as, you know, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists,
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  um, more coordinated care.
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  I think we'll see a shift in preventive care, you know,
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  moving more towards preventive care. And that shift, I think,
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  may lead to the expansion of the clinical workforce in areas like health
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  coaching, wellness counseling, and population health management.
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  I do think we'll also see a focus on mental health, uh, uh,
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  an inc a larger focus on mental health, I should say. Um,
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  I do think we'll see it expanded in the fields of mental health,
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  including psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors.
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  So those are just a few ways that I see the clinical workforce evolving.
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  Yeah. Thank you so much for giving us those trends.
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  I definitely heard a couple talking to other healthcare professionals.
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  I definitely think that, you know, they will be, you know, um,
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  evolving pretty quickly here. Um, before I let you go,
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  the last thing I wanted to ask you is,
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  what is your best advice for aspiring physician and nurse leaders?
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  I would say stay true to yourself. Never change who you are.
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  Don't be afraid to think outside of the box and try those things that may be
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  unpopular.
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  Wonderful. Wonderful. Well, thank you so much for those final thoughts. Lena.
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  This has been amazing discussion. So again,
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  I wanna thank you so much for coming on Becker's Healthcare,
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  and I look forward to connecting with you again soon.
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