by Elizabeth | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
Often in nursing, especially in hospital nursing, nurses find themselves in departmental silos. Patient care is affected when one nursing specialty fails to communicate properly with another. In today’s video blog, I share several strategies to help break down...
by Elizabeth | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
Happy Nurses = Happy Patients. So, before I start off on the content of this post… let me point out that this post is for any nurse. Sure, the title may make it sound like I am speaking only to nurse managers, nursing supervisors, or nurses in leadership...
by Elizabeth | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
Negativity in Nursing OK. I am about to give up! On Instagram, I follow all of these nursing brands. And I have about had it. Now, I know it is meant to be nursing humor and all, but come on. Haven’t we seen enough photo shopped images of people complaining...
by Elizabeth | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Leadership, Nursing career
A Nurse’s Experience Recently I received an email from a nurse about an unsettling phenomenon- nurses refusing to care for patients. Here is some of that email, with specific details omitted to preserve confidentiality. When I was a nurse intern, I worked with a...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, Leadership
We’ve all heard the saying: [Tweet “Happy Nurses Make Happy Patients”] It makes total sense that this is true. Nurses, especially in the hospital setting, are with the patient around-the-clock. When the patient wakes up, guess who they see? The...
by Elizabeth | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog, Leadership
So you’ve found yourself in a leadership role. Maybe you’re the most senior nurse on your unit and the director suggested you become nurse manager. Or, even informally, you’re the most experienced nurse working the night shift, so they’ve put...
