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