by Elizabeth | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Nursing career
“I think people are as individual as snowflakes, they kinda look alike but no two are the exactly the same, and all classification is the root of prejudice.” -unknown Just as snowflakes and people, no two nurses are exactly the same. There are so many...
by Elizabeth | Feb 13, 2015 | Blog, Nursing career
I grew up in a beautiful neighborhood. We had a lovely four bedroom home with lots of outside space. My parents both had good jobs and made quite a bit of money. We never went hungry; we always had clothes on our backs; we didn’t have to struggle for money....
by Elizabeth | Feb 11, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
According to Wikipedia, the definition of transformational leadership is ‘where the leader is charged with identifying the needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executing the change in tandem with committed members of the...
by Elizabeth | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, Nursing career
I’ve often said/written that being a nurse entrepreneur is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Yet when I really think about that statement, you could potentially argue that your nursing role (whichever nursing career you find yourself in at present...
by Elizabeth | Feb 7, 2015 | Blog, Burnout
[Tweet “We’re all just trying to be happy, right?”] I mean when it’s all said and done, we want to enjoy our nursing careers. At the end of the day, if we leave work feeling frustrated, annoyed and dissatisfied- what’s the point? Nurse...
by Elizabeth | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Burnout
I am teaching a Reiki I class this month to two groups of nursing students. During the first session, several of the nursing students expressed feelings of sadness, exhaustion and overwhelm with the group. They shared the constant go-go-go that is experienced in such...
