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Mario Desmedt
Nurse; Director of Nursing, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne; President, Swiss Nurse Leaders Association, Switzerland
Swiss Nurse Leaders
leadership vision
As a Nurse, I sense the power, the natural harmony, and the rooted simplicity of human organizations. Today, my guess is that the smallest fractal of any organization exhibits the Japanese kanji symbol Hito (人). This ideogram means human being, and represents life emerging within the encounter of two interacting individuals. Inherently unpredictable and deeply uncertain, novel qualities and phenomena emerge from these interactions. Nursing leadership is positioning reciprocal action in the best condition “for nature to act upon it”.
about me
Mario Desmedt lives and breathes - for more than 20 years now - the frontline of care and health care development as a chief nurse officer (CNO) or chief executive nurse officer (CeNO) in regional, cantonal and university settings. He is proud to be a nurse. He is currently serving as the CNO of the Foundation Asile des Aveugles, a health care network - in Lausanne, Switzerland. As a longtime lecturer in Swiss universities, member of research -and experts groups on quality and safety of care, and with a doctor in nursing practice from Duke University (North Carolina, USA), he reveals his anima to contribute to bridge the gap between research and practice; to let nurses nurse, and to design work environments producing more care than they consume healthcare workers. He is the president of Swiss Nurse Leaders, the leading Swiss Association for leadership and management in nursing and health care.
Meet the Partners
Sciana — The Health Leaders Network is a joint initiative of The Health Foundation, Careum and the Bosch Health Campus, in partnership with Salzburg Global.
