Fraud alert
The predatory journal explosion over the past few years has now infiltrated the conference arena. You should know how to recognize a legitimate conference…
Editorial
What I learned during the 2017 hurricane season
I watched with great pain the damage, and for many the devastation, created by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. I was reliving August 29, 2005,…
Characteristics of nursing excellence
What’s behind Magnet®-recognized organizations? By Lillee Gelinas, MSN, RN, CPPS, FAAN I’ve learned a lot through the years about the characteristics of healthcare organizations whose…
It’s alarming – Nurse Fatigue
Have you become desensitized to alarms? I stepped onto an elevator with three other people, their eyes glued to their phones. Just as the…
Advantages of a nursing shortage
Since the day I became a nurse, it seems there’s been a nursing shortage. No matter where you practice, everybody talks about it. Is it…
Avoiding career stallers and stoppers
A newly graduated nurse asked me how she could avoid the “job stupid stuff,” as she called it. She wanted to know what actions might hurt…
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…
Using a pyramid to address the disrespect disconnect
The terms we commonly use, like “disruptive,” are not helping us out of this situation and can be viewed as “fighting” language. By contrast,…
Better focus in a too-busy world
Are you doing multiple things? Thumbing through this month’s edition of American Nurse Today while watching television? Listening to a colleague while writing care notes? You…
Robotic nurses: No substitute for real RNs
For the past decade, care innovation has exploded with new tools and technology. Keeping up with all of the new devices and gadgets available…
Guns and nurses
The ambush shootings in downtown Dallas last July, which killed five police officers and wounded seven other people, cast a spotlight on gun violence yet…
The oxycodone epidemic: Up close and personal
Prescription drug abuse and diversion is a silent epidemic touching thousands of lives and tearing apart families all across America. For my family, it’s…
Fraud alert
The predatory journal explosion over the past few years has now infiltrated the conference arena. You should know how to recognize a…
What I learned during the 2017 hurricane season
I watched with great pain the damage, and for many the devastation, created by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. I was reliving August…
Characteristics of nursing excellence
What’s behind Magnet®-recognized organizations? By Lillee Gelinas, MSN, RN, CPPS, FAAN I’ve learned a lot through the years about the characteristics of healthcare…
It’s alarming – Nurse Fatigue
Have you become desensitized to alarms? I stepped onto an elevator with three other people, their eyes glued to their phones. Just…
Advantages of a nursing shortage
Since the day I became a nurse, it seems there’s been a nursing shortage. No matter where you practice, everybody talks about it.…
Avoiding career stallers and stoppers
A newly graduated nurse asked me how she could avoid the “job stupid stuff,” as she called it. She wanted to know what actions…
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…
Using a pyramid to address the disrespect disconnect
The terms we commonly use, like “disruptive,” are not helping us out of this situation and can be viewed as “fighting” language.…
Better focus in a too-busy world
Are you doing multiple things? Thumbing through this month’s edition of American Nurse Today while watching television? Listening to a colleague while writing care…
Robotic nurses: No substitute for real RNs
For the past decade, care innovation has exploded with new tools and technology. Keeping up with all of the new devices and…
Guns and nurses
The ambush shootings in downtown Dallas last July, which killed five police officers and wounded seven other people, cast a spotlight on gun…
The oxycodone epidemic: Up close and personal
Prescription drug abuse and diversion is a silent epidemic touching thousands of lives and tearing apart families all across America. For my…