ABOUT THIS EPISODE
For years, Jewels’s infusion nurses administered medications using gravity tubing. Then a pharmaceutical change required an unfamiliar infusion pump — without adequate training arriving alongside it.
One nurse took ownership.
She contacted the manufacturer, worked with the distributor, found training resources, troubleshot the equipment, and persisted until the new process became part of the clinic’s normal workflow.
The bigger lesson wasn’t about learning a machine.
It was realizing she no longer looked to her manager before taking every next step.
In this episode, Jewels explores how managers unintentionally create dependence, what real employee discernment looks like, and how to recognize when your role is to provide support rather than take over.
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