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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 25 2020
Nurses: The Heart of Community Engagement Six months ago, our view about healthcare and community in this country was very different.  Nurses recognized the importance of addressing the  social determinants of health as part of the admission process and we would dutifully ask...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 21 2020
Nurses – Leaders at the Bedside and Beyond Right now, nurses are in the spotlight. And not because it’s the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, or because it’s Nurses Month…but because so many of you are there on the frontlines, along with colleagues in other disciplines...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 19 2020
Unimaginable Challenges and Changing Care Models We’re in the most unbelievable of times with COVID-19, where the healthcare world has been turned upside down. COVID-19 is making extraordinary demands on nurses and other healthcare workers, as they work tirelessly and at great personal...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN May 17 2020
My Nursing Story – A Filipino Perspective Growing up, I wasn’t certain that nursing was my calling. My mother was a nurse, an excellent, well-respected surgical intensive care nurse. I remember her leaving before 6 am for work and coming home at 8 pm, exhausted after a long 12-hour...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN May 14 2020
Honoring Unsung Heroes: School-Based Nurse Practitioners Schools across the nation have been closed for weeks and many are questioning whether or not they will re-open. We don’t have answers today as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and experts predict we will experience another wave this fall...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN May 11 2020
Honoring Unsung Heroes: Home Health Nurses It’s 6:00 am and Daisy rushes out the door to see her first patient of the morning. Short in stature, yet never shy in her approach, her energy is limitless. A typical day for Daisy will involve seeing a variety of patients from the elderly...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP May 10 2020
Creativity in the Era of COVID-19 About 18 months into my first nursing job, when the fear of making a mistake was replaced by confidence and critical thinking, I began to appreciate how creativity in nursing can enhance the patient experience as well as job satisfaction. In this...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 6 2020
Giving Meaning to Resilience during COVID-19 There has been no test of resilience as there is happening right now with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before this time, depression, burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress among health care professionals have been researched...
By: Margaret Smith , MJ, BSN, RN, CRNI May 2 2020
Why I Became A Nurse Why did I become a nurse? The short answer I wanted to help people and I like to take care of people. The long answerThe biggest influence was my grandmother who was a Cadet Nurse in World War II. I always admired her knowledge and the way...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 1 2020
Self-Care Tips for Nurses, from Nurses This Year of the Nurse and Midwife is much more than we could have ever imagined. Today, May 1, 2020 kicks off Nurses Month and the American Nurses Association has organized the month into themes, with this first week focusing on self-care. Now...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 24 2020
Thinking about My Fellow Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic I am not on the frontlines. Even the clinic where I work just once each month has been closed except for phone consults and medication refills. But I get it. You – on the frontlines, no matter the setting – are facing something more...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 6 2020
Be the Example: 5 Steps to Heart Health for Nurses We are nurses. We should be healthy, right? We know we should be, but we are also human. Here are some top ways to improve your heart health – starting today. Stop smoking! Do whatever it takes…cut down slowly, go cold-turkey, or get...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Feb 4 2020
Creating a Positive Nursing Work Environment When I started in my professional nursing career, it was a welcoming experience. Over the past 16 years, I have been fortunate that my coworkers and colleagues in other specialties all work together toward our one common goal – improving the...
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