Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine
Lifestyle medicine (LM) may serve as a source of inspiration. This evidence-based medical specialty applies therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat…
Wellness
How shall we mourn our dead?
Take your time and follow the path that’s right for you. Since May 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have required nursing…
How to transcend stress and soar as an early career nurse
Nursing can be a stressful profession, especially for early career nurses, but the pandemic has magnified the challenges. The good news is that nurses…
Take time to appreciate the importance of what you do
Lessons learned from 1918 d In 1918, the “Spanish flu” killed most people who were infected. Thanks to the efforts of thousands of researchers…
Managing new nurse fear and anxiety
Workforce evidence collected through the Nurse Wellbeing at Risk survey indicates that the youngest nurses are experiencing more mental health and well-being challenges. Including…
Nurses rising
Recognizing, elevating, and caring for RNs during a pandemic As we celebrated the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the first…
Violence should not be part of the job
Workplace violence can surprise and overwhelm nurses, leaving them unable to safely provide patient care. A multi-component intervention is needed to effectively prevent and…
Navigating the loss and grief of a nurse suicide
Nurses are drawn together through shared patient experiences, staffing challenges, stressful situations, and positive patient outcomes. Working long hours together, nurses learn about the…
A critical Pathway to Excellence® standard
Initiatives promote nurses’ well-being during the pandemic. Ensuring nurses’ well-being isn’t just a concept for healthcare systems and organizations that have—or want to gain—the…
Uplifting nurses
Associations respond to member needs in a pandemic. In 2020, what kept me up at night was nurses’ well-being and how they’ve been dealing…
Nurse suicide prevention starts with crisis intervention
We know that suicide rates are higher in nurses than the general population, but we don’t yet know the exact reasons why. However, the…
Animal assistants in healthcare
An animal may provide just the benefit patients need. Prepandemic, I had the pleasure of traveling to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for…
Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine
Lifestyle medicine (LM) may serve as a source of inspiration. This evidence-based medical specialty applies therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality…
How shall we mourn our dead?
Take your time and follow the path that’s right for you. Since May 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have…
How to transcend stress and soar as an early career nurse
Nursing can be a stressful profession, especially for early career nurses, but the pandemic has magnified the challenges. The good news is…
Take time to appreciate the importance of what you do
Lessons learned from 1918 d In 1918, the “Spanish flu” killed most people who were infected. Thanks to the efforts of thousands…
Managing new nurse fear and anxiety
Workforce evidence collected through the Nurse Wellbeing at Risk survey indicates that the youngest nurses are experiencing more mental health and well-being…
Nurses rising
Recognizing, elevating, and caring for RNs during a pandemic As we celebrated the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris,…
Violence should not be part of the job
Workplace violence can surprise and overwhelm nurses, leaving them unable to safely provide patient care. A multi-component intervention is needed to effectively…
Navigating the loss and grief of a nurse suicide
Nurses are drawn together through shared patient experiences, staffing challenges, stressful situations, and positive patient outcomes. Working long hours together, nurses learn…
A critical Pathway to Excellence® standard
Initiatives promote nurses’ well-being during the pandemic. Ensuring nurses’ well-being isn’t just a concept for healthcare systems and organizations that have—or want…
Uplifting nurses
Associations respond to member needs in a pandemic. In 2020, what kept me up at night was nurses’ well-being and how they’ve…
Nurse suicide prevention starts with crisis intervention
We know that suicide rates are higher in nurses than the general population, but we don’t yet know the exact reasons why.…
Animal assistants in healthcare
An animal may provide just the benefit patients need. Prepandemic, I had the pleasure of traveling to the National Institutes of Health…