Across healthcare systems, leaders are navigating challenges
Retention, fatigue, moral distress, disengagement, and increasing complexity of care.
Many strategies focus on downstream solutions—programs, policies, or incentives.
What is often missing is not commitment or competence, but a framework based on lived experience and leadership from within.
NYF Is a Leadership Philosophy, Not a Wellness Initiative
Nurse Yourself First reframes “self-care” as self-leadership—the capacity of health professionals to lead themselves with clarity, boundaries, and purpose within complex systems.
NYF is a leadership framework that positions health professionals as active contributors to culture, engagement, and system sustainability.
ABOUT COLLEEN
22 year experienced RN, leadership consultant, Board-certified Nurse Coach intersecting clinical practice, organizational leadership, and culture change.
Her work is informed by frontline nursing experience & system-level insight. She is currently working on a Master of Leadership with specialization in self-leadership.
How Organizations Engage with NYF
Healthcare leaders are increasingly asked to address engagement, retention, and culture—often without language or frameworks that resonate with clinical realities.
Nurse Yourself First offers a grounded, leadership-based perspective that bridges executive strategy and frontline experience.
An Invitation to Dialogue
If your organization is seeking new ways to engage and retain health professionals—beyond traditional approaches,
And you are curious how Nurse Yourself First could support your organization, I welcome an initial dialogue.
Email cnovecosky@gmail.com Today to start The Dialogue and support change in your workplace