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…
Life at Work
Standardizing handoff communication
Although adverse events can occur anytime during hospitalization, handoff communication is often the cause of avoidable adverse events. Miscommunication, care continuity disruption, critical data…
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
Pathway to Excellence® is an evolving process that roadmaps opportunities to enhance nursing recruitment and retention, nursing autonomy and satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration, strategic focus,…
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…
Septic relationships
In the emergency department, we’re well trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of serious infections—infections that start from an infinitesimally small and undetectable…
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…
Black Americans in nursing education
Reflecting on the past and looking toward the future. Takeaways: There is a need for increased Black nursing faculty and students in an effort…
An ounce of prevention
Engage in practical training through Project Firstline. A lifetime of working with patients with serious burn injuries truly ingrained in me the importance of…
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…
One country, one people, one government
Let’s expect more from our country, our politicians—and each other. By the time this article is published, the holidays will be over, and it…
The elevator pitch: A 60-second advocacy tool for nurses
An elevator pitch can help nurses fulfill their duty to advocate for change and solutions that will benefit patients and clinicians alike.
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…
Standardizing handoff communication
Although adverse events can occur anytime during hospitalization, handoff communication is often the cause of avoidable adverse events. Miscommunication, care continuity disruption,…
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
Pathway to Excellence® is an evolving process that roadmaps opportunities to enhance nursing recruitment and retention, nursing autonomy and satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration,…
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…
Septic relationships
In the emergency department, we’re well trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of serious infections—infections that start from an infinitesimally small…
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…
Black Americans in nursing education
Reflecting on the past and looking toward the future. Takeaways: There is a need for increased Black nursing faculty and students in…
An ounce of prevention
Engage in practical training through Project Firstline. A lifetime of working with patients with serious burn injuries truly ingrained in me the…
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.…
One country, one people, one government
Let’s expect more from our country, our politicians—and each other. By the time this article is published, the holidays will be over,…
The elevator pitch: A 60-second advocacy tool for nurses
An elevator pitch can help nurses fulfill their duty to advocate for change and solutions that will benefit patients and clinicians alike.