An exclusive interview

Leveraging strong leadership to transform healthcare

I'm from the south originally - Birmingham, Alabama. I went to a Southern Baptist Church, and they have this committee called the Church Nurses Guild with ladies that wear crisp white uniforms, hats, stockings and white nursing shoes, and they are in place for people who get a little bit too excited during the service. They’ll come and offer you a fan - it's quite amazing to watch. They sit together, and it is so uniform. They're there to help. I’m sure their role has expanded, but as a child, this is all I saw. I saw them just going to the rescue when people got too excited or too hot. They would help them, and if ladies were to pass out or have some kind of syncopal episode, they would put a blanket over their legs to show dignity. It was very pristine. So, I saw that growing up, but my father was the other influence. At the time, he was married to a nurse, and he introduced me to that profession and had her speak to me - she was a NICU nurse. They even went so far as to adopt one of the children she was taking care of - one of the babies got left in a nursery and my father and his wife adopted the baby. The compassion was just amazing. So, the seed was planted but I wasn't quite sure where I was going to go, but my childhood friend decided to major in nursing. We didn't go to the same college, but that was the last piece of inertia that I needed. So, I got into nursing.

Alisia Granville, MSN, CCRN, is an established professional nurse with extensive clinical and administrative practice. She worked as a nurse and nurse manager for over a decade and earned her master’s in healthcare systems management and nursing leadership from Loyola University New Orleans. Alisia is a leader at heart and in practice, and founded THE nursemanagerCOACH in 2021 to support and provide resources and connections for nurse managers and leaders throughout the field. She is an effective transformational leader, who inspires and promotes professional development of nursing leaders and nursing excellence. She’s produced high performing medical units and nursing teams throughout her years of nursing service.

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