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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...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Jan 17 2020
12 Ways to Improve Your Time Efficiency Don’t just manage your time, make your time more effective. With the hustle of the holidays behind us and the beginnings of a new year ahead, I have begun to take a deep look inside and reflect on how I can make 2020 a better year. What I...
By: Jan 1 2020
Celebrate Nursing in 2020 We have much to celebrate as 2020 is the Year of the Nurse & Midwife! Don’t forget to get the following nursing recognition days, weeks, and months for 2020 on your calendar too!*Dates and links will be updated as they become available...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, , MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Dec 24 2019
Holiday Shift The dreaded holiday work schedule… we know the requirement and we remember which “winter holidays” we worked last year, yet there always remains this small glimmer of impossible hope that we will somehow be sprinkled by holiday...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Dec 20 2019
2020 Year of the Nurse & Midwife: Celebrating our Impact in Caring The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a historic move by designating 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” which has been supported by leading nurse organizations around the world. With the changes in healthcare we are...
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