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Robert Rose

Robert Rose, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is System Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Nursing at Ascension, a role he assumed in June 2025.

Oct 11, 2026

4:57
What are some of the biggest things that you think has helped move the needle there?
5:00
Yeah.
5:01
Well, it's multifactorial.
5:03
So first, we-- you have to have enou-- You know, one of the things you hear from the teams is we don't have enough staff, right? And we get that.
5:09
That's not just Ascension, that's everywhere.
5:12
And so a couple things that we really try to do is, one, hire as much as we can.
5:17
So we've partnered with HR, and we've done a number of hiring sprints where we really focus on bringing a n- a large volume of nurses in the door, particularly in our ministries where we've seen some higher vacancy rates than others.
7:35
So can you talk more about how... what does a leadership path look like for nurses, um, and, and how do you foster that?
4:57
What are some of the biggest things that you think has helped move the needle there?
5:00
Yeah.
5:01
Well, it's multifactorial.
5:03
So first we...
5:04
You have to have enou- You know, one of the things you hear from the teams is, "We don't have enough staff," right? And we get that.
5:09
That's not just Ascension, that's everywhere.
5:12
And so a couple things that we really try to do is, one, hire as much as we can.
7:35
So can you talk more about how... what does a leadership path look like for nurses, um, and, and how do you foster that?

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