by Elizabeth | Feb 29, 2016 | Art of Nursing, Blog
Nurses have a plethora of great information at their disposal. They are the staff who is present with the patient around-the-clock. Nurses get to test out new equipment and are integral in practice changes. Why not ask them for their thoughts on how to make the...
by Elizabeth | Feb 26, 2016 | Art of Nursing, Blog, Nursing career
Death is not a foreign concept in nursing. We help elderly patients transition, even when no family is present at the bedside. We provide a shoulder to cry on when a husband loses his lifelong spouse to cancer. We are there in grounded silence as a parent questions...
by Elizabeth | Feb 12, 2016 | Art of Nursing, Blog
Nurses work with a wide variety of patients on a daily basis. Specialty work can include areas such as oncology, emergency, and psychiatric nursing, to name a few. Then there is the age difference. Nurses take care of neonates, geriatric patients, and everything in...
by Elizabeth | Jan 29, 2016 | Art of Nursing, Blog
Recently I received an email from a nurse, struggling to balance being a nurse with… well, quite frankly… being a nurse. I’ll share it here (anonymously and with slight shifts to protect this nurse’s privacy) as through simply reading this...
by Elizabeth | Jan 4, 2016 | Art of Nursing
Many nurses enter their nursing careers, wanting to help patients. We want to spend time with our patients and their families, helping them along their healing journey. However, once we get into the nursing profession, what tends to happen? We realize our jobs are...
by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2015 | Art of Nursing
Many nurses enter the nursing profession with the desire to help patients heal. We want to teach, take care of and advocate for our patient populations. However, once we get into our nursing careers, what tends to happen? We realize our roles are busy. We are faced...
