Sustaining Healthy Work Environments in Critical Care: Evidence-based Strategies for Nurse Leaders

Sustaining healthy work environments is an ongoing process that requires interprofessional team engagement. Applying evidence-based practices, such as establishing staff-led healthy work environment committees, performing purposeful leader rounding, and conducting stay interviews, enhance the sustainability of a healthy work environment. Continuously monitoring the environment offers teams a clear vision of their opportunities and successes. As the individuals who make up the team change over time, the interventions that sustain a healthy work environment will also evolve. Leaders must be central to this work and promote the most effective strategies that sustain a healthy work environment.