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I love my job. I have always enjoyed educating new ASC leaders and watching them grow professionally....

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Scott Smallwood, RN, clinical director for Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center....

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Your Leadership Tips

The Administrator is at the heart of the ambulatory facility with major responsibilities that span across clinical and business areas. As a leader, often overlooked is self-help for this individual who is under the pressures of day-to-day oversight of operations as well as future strategies for the business. These Leadership Tips have been crafted to offer leadership skills for this stressful environment – and help the Administrator with a weekly dose of thoughtful advice.

By nature, great leaders are problem-solvers. They look deep within complex dynamics to identify conflicts and constraints that could hinder their teams from operating at...

As a leader, you naturally want your team members to be satisfied with their jobs. But there’s a fine line between happy-but-complacent employees and fulfilled...

What are the biggest challenges your team faces? A great leader doesn’t fall back and double down on the tried-and-true during times of disruption....

Organizations naturally gravitate toward hierarchical structures, but today’s most enlightened leaders make a concerted effort to avoid rigidly existing (or, in the view of...

Remember that first time you worked with a harried, exhausted and perpetually burnt-out boss — the one who always appeared engulfed in a crisis?...

All too often, leaders fall into the trap of hyper-focusing on the real or perceived deficiencies of their teams and themselves....
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Ideas That Work

The Ideas That Work column in Outpatient Surgery Magazine has been a staple in our publication for many years. Here readers share their best tips on a wide variety of challenges in outpatient surgery – from patient tips and workarounds to encouraging staff to grow, engage and collaborate as a team plus many more practical solutions to everyday problems. The Administrators at facilities across the country have contributed to these Ideas That Work, which offer a light read with a strong focus on results.

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Tool Kits for the Administrator

Open Access Tool Kits are available for free to Administrators in the following topics:

As an AORN member benefit, you have access to additional Tool Kits at Tool Kits | AORN. Not a member? Use the code OSM25 to join at AORN Membership - AORN INC.

Resources From the Field

Watch for a new and improved Resources – coming soon – as Outpatient Surgery Magazine will unveil valuable tools and resources from AORN, outpatient experts and facility leaders.