by Elizabeth | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Nursing career
So you’re looking to break a bad habit. Even nurses have vices! Maybe you’re notoriously late for shift report. Or you’re constantly glancing up to see what’s on the patient’s TV. How about this one? Biting your nails in the workplace?...
by Elizabeth | May 23, 2016 | Blog, Nursing career
Nurses experience the stress of their nursing careers in a variety of ways. Some nurses find they take work home with them, unable to think about anything else after their shift is over. Others note their emotions are all over the place: one day happy, the next sad,...
by Elizabeth | May 2, 2016 | Blog, Nursing career, Resilience
Nurse Cathy was sitting in the break room early one Saturday, waiting for report. She got to work extra early since this was her weekend to round with the weekend attending. She wanted time to review the charts, check in with the night shift staff, and get something...
by Elizabeth | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
Nurse leaders are often challenged with retaining quality nursing staff. In fact, national turnover rates are on the rise. In 2015 the bedside RN turnover rate increased to, 16.4%, up from 11.2% in 2011 (2015 National Healthcare Retention & RN Staffing Report)....
by Elizabeth | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
Guest Post by Beth Boynton Nurses are very smart professionals who provide highly skilled service and navigate complex workplace dynamics. Nursing school is tough to get into and the academic and clinical demands are extraordinarily rigorous. The public ranks us as...
by Elizabeth | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog, nurse entrepreneur, Nursing career
The field of healthcare has certainly been experiencing great change over the last decade. As care moves out of hospitals, back into the community setting, nurses are finding themselves in new and different roles. Many of these shifts come with great excitement, as a...
