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A dose of inspiration from real-life nursing stories
By: Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner, PhD, RN May 11 2017
Are You Soaring Spiritually? Spirituality is a vague concept for many nurses—especially when our primary focus is implementing physical, scientific interventions. As holistic caregivers, we believe nursing care should be for body, mind, and spirit. Our personal...
By: Vicki Cantor, RN, BSN, MA May 10 2017
Protect yourself so you can continue to protect others How often have you given your patients advice on preventive health care and screenings and heard that nagging, guilty little voice in your head saying, “Don’t be a hypocrite, don’t forget about you”? Part of our job as...
By: Gloria F. Donnelly, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FCPP May 9 2017
Stress: The Elephant in Your Career “I resigned my staff nurse position today,” my young colleague confessed, “after only 7 months. I loved taking care of patients and families, but just couldn’t take it anymore – the other nurses complaining, but never...
By: Collette Bishop Hendler, RN, MS, CIC, CCRN (Alumnus status) May 8 2017
Hit the road…or the mat It’s no secret that as caregivers we’re typically not very good about taking care of ourselves. We get home after a long day, evening, or night at work, and then it’s time to shift gears and settle into our second job, taking...
By: Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, FAWM, FAAN May 7 2017
Healthy Eating: Food for Thought What information do you consider when you read a food label? My bet is that for those who do take the time to read the fine print, it’s typically the calorie count, the fat and sodium content, and perhaps even the recommended daily allowance...
By: Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN May 6 2017
Work-Life Balance: The Elusive Golden Ring In anticipation of Nurses Week, on May 1st the ANA launched its “Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Grand Challenge” initiative, designed “to help nurses improve their overall health and challenge the rest of the country to do the...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN May 4 2017
Balancing Mind, Body, and Spirit: Blog Series for Nurses Week 2017 Happy National Nurses Week! As we approach this year’s celebration, I’d like to introduce our upcoming blog series related to the theme of balancing mind, body, and spirit. Several nurse experts will share their knowledge and advice...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 18 2017
My Nursing Care Plan: One Year Later It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since we began developing My Nursing Care Plan! It has been such a fun project for me, as well as a learning experience. Thinking about and organizing the content was challenging, even though,...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 4 2017
Celebrate Nursing 2017 Happy New Year! Here’s the list of nursing recognition days, weeks, and months for 2017*. Know of others? Please leave a comment or email [email protected].   Thank you!  *Dates and links will be updated as they...
By: Nov 28 2016
Lifelong Learning in Nursing: Macro Trends in Nursing 2016 [Infographic]  With the end of 2016 quickly approaching, it’s important to look ahead to the future trends happening in the nursing profession. More and more, nurses are going back to school to earn higher degrees, but why? "Life-long learning...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 25 2016
Nursing Management Congress (NMC) 2016 Nurse leaders + Las Vegas + a Presidential election = a busy conference week! Whew…it certainly was an eventful week as nurse leaders from around the world got together in Las Vegas for Nursing Management Congress 2016! Preconference...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 21 2016
Three more gift ideas for nurses Last year, during the holiday season, we shared Three inspirational gifts for nurses. This year, we’ve got some more gift ideas to share with you! Explore the products below and consider which nurse you’d like to surprise this year...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 11 2016
The role of nurses, APNs, and healthcare reform in a changing political climate This week has demonstrated that the political climate in the United States is not fixed in a stationary position but, is dynamic. Many of you will be asking yourselves what does this mean for healthcare reform, the Affordable Care...
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