Nursing education at a crossroads
The true measure of nursing education isn’t what graduates know on commencement day but who they become years later. The seeds planted in school…
Can You Imagine?
The fingerprints we leave behind
Nursing students often are taught about SDOH through lectures, readings, and case studies. While these approaches are important, they can only approximate the lived…
Presence, prescience, and the power of nursing
Lately, nursing has had to defend its rightful status as a profession while simultaneously responding to the social upheavals reshaping healthcare and our collective…
Against cynicism: Small practices that sustain nursing
Nursing is sustained by meaning. It’s animated by connection, purpose, and social reciprocity. Cynicism erodes meaning by reframing every effort as futile and every…
What honors code taught me about teaching
Until recently at my institution, each student signs a paper honor code at the start of an exam. The back of that sheet doubles…
The Gifts We Do Not See
The holidays may be behind us, but this blog by Fidelindo Lim, DNP, CCRN, FAAN, offers some critical insights into the enduring humanism of…
Gratitude and meaning can keep nurses going
Research continues to affirm what many of us intuitively know: gratitude is good and good for our health. A study has shown that people…
You’re wearing that to work?
Few undergraduate programs pay as much attention to attire as nursing. At every clinical orientation, dress code policies are reiterated with the familiar warning:…
What a résumé can’t tell you about a nurse
Composing a résumé may have become the great American performance art. Many are bloated with adjectives and carefully engineered to impress rather than reveal.…
Why I bring bananas to class
I’m a nursing faculty member teaching undergraduates. Each week, during our long lecture, I bring a few dozen bananas to class for students to…
What will you do with the time you saved?
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the proverb goes. Inventiveness is probably encoded in the human genome and has allowed our survival. Creating…
Why human flourishing matters in nursing
I had the honor of serving on the expert panel entrusted with the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses. Amid a…
Nursing education at a crossroads
The true measure of nursing education isn’t what graduates know on commencement day but who they become years later. The seeds planted…
The fingerprints we leave behind
Nursing students often are taught about SDOH through lectures, readings, and case studies. While these approaches are important, they can only approximate…
Presence, prescience, and the power of nursing
Lately, nursing has had to defend its rightful status as a profession while simultaneously responding to the social upheavals reshaping healthcare and…
Against cynicism: Small practices that sustain nursing
Nursing is sustained by meaning. It’s animated by connection, purpose, and social reciprocity. Cynicism erodes meaning by reframing every effort as futile…
What honors code taught me about teaching
Until recently at my institution, each student signs a paper honor code at the start of an exam. The back of that…
The Gifts We Do Not See
The holidays may be behind us, but this blog by Fidelindo Lim, DNP, CCRN, FAAN, offers some critical insights into the enduring…
Gratitude and meaning can keep nurses going
Research continues to affirm what many of us intuitively know: gratitude is good and good for our health. A study has shown…
You’re wearing that to work?
Few undergraduate programs pay as much attention to attire as nursing. At every clinical orientation, dress code policies are reiterated with the…
What a résumé can’t tell you about a nurse
Composing a résumé may have become the great American performance art. Many are bloated with adjectives and carefully engineered to impress rather…
Why I bring bananas to class
I’m a nursing faculty member teaching undergraduates. Each week, during our long lecture, I bring a few dozen bananas to class for…
What will you do with the time you saved?
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the proverb goes. Inventiveness is probably encoded in the human genome and has allowed our…
Why human flourishing matters in nursing
I had the honor of serving on the expert panel entrusted with the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses.…
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