Faculty role in promoting nursing student health
Nurses have a primary responsibility to promote health in the United States. In this capacity, they serve as role models, educators, and care providers.…
Mental Health
Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Among Teenagers USA 2011-2015
Objective – This report presents national estimates of sexual activity and contraceptive use among males and females aged 15–19 in the United States in…
Maintain weight loss successfully – based on a 20 year national study
Body weight is a key factor to protect us from chronic disease. Although obese people can lose weight through healthy diet, exercise programs, medicine,…
Nurses’ essential role in supporting professionalism
What does it mean to be a professional? Providing care of the highest technical quality, of course. But professionalism also includes communicating clearly, being selfreflective, and…
How to maintain weight loss successfully
Suggestions based on a 20-year national study. Body weight is a key factor to protect us from chronic disease. Although obese people can lose weight…
Relax with lavender
We all experience a certain amount of stress and anxiety, and in small doses it may even enhance school or job performance. But chronic stress…
Fighting the effects of nurse fatigue
Have you ever gotten home from a shift and forgotten the journey from the hospital to your house? Are you ever irritable and cranky, but…
Self-Care Tips for Nurses From Nurses
In order for nurses to stay healthy, they need to attend to their own needs with as much care as they offer their patients. However, that can be challenging. Here…
Professionals, pyramids, and Peter Pan
If only it were this simple: Nurses get 8 hours of sleep every night, perfect work schedules are in place with all shifts filled by…
Laugh, nurse, laugh!
Victor Borge, the famous Danish comedian, pianist, and conductor once said, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Infusing laughter and humor into your…
Improving nurses’ attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders
People with substance use disorders suffer not just from the disorder itself but also from discrimination. In a 2014 survey, more than half of respondents…
Your doctorate and the path to persistence
High attrition rates for doctoral nursing students (reported to be as much as 50%) in the face of an increasing demand for PhD-prepared nursing…
Faculty role in promoting nursing student health
Nurses have a primary responsibility to promote health in the United States. In this capacity, they serve as role models, educators, and…
Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Among Teenagers USA 2011-2015
Objective – This report presents national estimates of sexual activity and contraceptive use among males and females aged 15–19 in the United…
Maintain weight loss successfully – based on a 20 year national study
Body weight is a key factor to protect us from chronic disease. Although obese people can lose weight through healthy diet, exercise…
Nurses’ essential role in supporting professionalism
What does it mean to be a professional? Providing care of the highest technical quality, of course. But professionalism also includes communicating clearly, being…
How to maintain weight loss successfully
Suggestions based on a 20-year national study. Body weight is a key factor to protect us from chronic disease. Although obese people can…
Relax with lavender
We all experience a certain amount of stress and anxiety, and in small doses it may even enhance school or job performance. But…
Fighting the effects of nurse fatigue
Have you ever gotten home from a shift and forgotten the journey from the hospital to your house? Are you ever irritable and…
Self-Care Tips for Nurses From Nurses
In order for nurses to stay healthy, they need to attend to their own needs with as much care as they offer their patients. However, that can be…
Professionals, pyramids, and Peter Pan
If only it were this simple: Nurses get 8 hours of sleep every night, perfect work schedules are in place with all shifts…
Laugh, nurse, laugh!
Victor Borge, the famous Danish comedian, pianist, and conductor once said, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Infusing laughter and humor…
Improving nurses’ attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders
People with substance use disorders suffer not just from the disorder itself but also from discrimination. In a 2014 survey, more than half…
Your doctorate and the path to persistence
High attrition rates for doctoral nursing students (reported to be as much as 50%) in the face of an increasing demand for…