Diane Salter

Diane has been a nurse for 25 years, and nursing was a second career for her. She spent her first 7 years after college in the health insurance industry and went back to school while pregnant with her third child. She has her BA degree in biology from Lafayette College in Easton, PA; her BS in Nursing from York College of Pennsylvania; and her master’s degree in Nursing Administration and Leadership from Chamberlain College of Nursing. Although most of her experience has been in the surgical environment, she spent 2 years in the Emergency Department as a SAFE nurse (sexual assault forensic examiner). Throughout the years, she has also served as an adjunct faculty member at York College of Pennsylvania. She was the nurse manager of the post anesthesia care unit and short stay unit at WellSpan Health York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania for almost 10 years and is currently the Director of Surgical Services for WellSpan Health Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata Pennsylvania.

Diane has always been passionate about working with her staff to create healthy and caring work environments, and it is one of the main motivators in Diane joining Dr. Renee Thompson’s Healthy Workforce Institute. On the topics of bullying and incivility, Diane has been a guest presenter at Sigma Theta Tau’s International conference on Creating Healthy Work Environments, Johns Hopkins Advanced Nursing Leadership Academy, the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania’s state conference, and the Pennsylvania Association of Perianesthesia Nurses state conference. She served on the American Nurses Association #EndNurseAbuse Professional Issues Panel Advisory Committee. In her own healthcare system, Diane has conducted workshops on bullying and incivility for over 3,000 staff members and continues to be the subject expert for her organization. At her former hospital in York, she served on both the hospital-wide workplace violence committee and the employee engagement committee, specifically addressing the topic of abusive behavior.

In March of 2022, Diane presented at the AONL conference in San Antonio, Texas. The topic addressed the need for leadership development, and how she worked with the frontline leaders in her organization to provide them with the educational tools needed to develop and sustain a professional, compassionate, and healthy workforce.