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123_What Emergency Department Leadership Needs Right Now

In this episode of the Healthcare Plus Podcast, host Dan Collard sits down with Regina Shupe, a veteran emergency department nurse leader and author of Rewiring the Emergency Department: Innovative Solutions for Modern Emergency Medicine, to explore what emergency care needs now: steadier leadership, redesigned systems, and cultures where caregivers can truly thrive. With nearly four decades in emergency medicine—as a frontline nurse, ED leader, national coach, and now author—Shupe brings a hard-earned perspective on why many traditional fixes no longer work. Today’s EDs face unprecedented clinical, operational, and emotional strain, often with less experienced teams and leaders who were never trained for the complexity they’ve inherited. Shupe makes a strong case for rewiring—redesigning leadership behaviors, flow, and culture so reliability and compassion can coexist. She reframes burnout as a system alarm, not a personal failure, and introduces “love leadership” as a practical strategy for building trust, psychological safety, and sustainable performance in high-pressure environments. Listeners will learn: • How to diagnose whether ED systems are helping or hindering team success • Why leadership redesign must come before operational fixes • How to improve flow without sacrificing compassion or safety • What leaders get wrong about burnout and how to address it systemically • Why consistent leader presence is one of the most powerful tools in the ED This conversation offers grounded, real-world guidance for ED leaders who want to create environments where caregivers feel supported and patients receive the care they deserve. ABOUT REGINA SHUPE Regina serves as an advisor, speaker, author, and thought leader for Healthcare Plus Solutions Group®. She brings greater than 30 years of nursing leadership and healthcare operational leadership with expertise in emergency services. She is an innovative healthcare leader driven by the correlation between positive team culture and improved patient outcomes. She leads transformative organizational change by leveraging proven clinical, operational, and leadership development. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International and the Emergency Nurses Association. She holds a certification in LEAN for Healthcare. Regina is the author of Rewiring the Emergency Department: Innovative Solutions for Modern Emergency Care, Advance Your Emergency Department: Leading in a New Era, and multiple articles. From candy striper to healthcare executive, she has dedicated her life to caring for patients, families, team members, and physicians. As a nurse, she enjoyed the intersection between the heart and science, healing patients from the inside out. As a leader, she is able to see the positive correlation between the experience of team members and the experience of patients. She believes when we intentionally design meaningful and memorable experiences for team members, physicians, and patients, we are able to heal as well as truly transform healthcare.