The Nurse Lifestyle is complex. We wear have different priorities, wear different clothes, and have a different perspective on the world than “normal” people. The Nurse Lifestyle category focuses on topics devoted to improving the lifestyle of nurses.
There is this thing in the quest for a B.S.N. degree called A.P.A. And while I could tell you what I think those letters actually stand for,the fact is that I am forced to use these insane rules of …
Theory of Organizational Empowerment, for Nurses? Read More »
Over at KevinMD.com there is an article about Evolution of tablet devices for the hospital and of course this is music to my nerdy litttle nursing ears. David Ahn, MD, makes some very interestting points about how he avoids using …
Tablets Evolving to be used as Efficient Medical Tools Read More »
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not one of these people who grew up being a nurse. It would be nice to say that I put bandages on my dolls, and had dreams of nursing since I was …
Things They Don’t Tell you When You’re In Nursing School: Advice for New Grads Read More »
A very real conversation – when nurses chart their medical care, are they depending too much on charting and not enough on connecting with the people they care for? Nurses Chart Too Much & Don’t Think For Themselves Teresa Brown, R.N. …
Shocking Truth – Nurses Depend Too Much On Charting Read More »
I’ve written about lateral violence (the act of nurses being bullies) frequently in the past. To be completely honest, I hate that this is something that I even know about, and especially felt the need to write about. Not because …
Nurses and the Bullying Experience: Lateral Violence Read More »
It’s getting harder and harder to stay in the black on hospital budgets. So It’s not uncommon for there to be hospital funding cuts. Unfortunately, the first place hospital administrators seem to look for extra money is in the paychecks nurses. Come along with me as I share the story of how fountains were deemed more important than the pay of nurses.
Over at Nursetopia, there is discussion about implementation of a new dress code policy that the nurses aren’t too keen on. Keep the People Impacted by the Plan Working on the Plan « Nursetopia The Ottowa nurses that are impacted …
I work for a private, corporate hospital as a floor nurse. I am precepting at a public, independent hospital in an administrative role. The differences in the way things are done and the possibilities for change and innovation are astounding. …
Being able to combine my passions is an exciting proposition that I have only recently been able to full realize the potential of. When I choose nursing as my profession I did not even dream of the possibility to take …
Modern medicine really amazes me. When telemetry calls me and tells me my patient is in SVT, and I just stepped out of the room, my initial reaction is “Are you sure it’s not artifact?”. Which is a natural response, …
