Coping with emotional stress
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, nurses reported high stress levels. (See Nurses and stress.) Now, healthcare organizations and nurses at all levels are…
Life at Work
Operationalizing structural empowerment in a Magnet® organization
One hospital’s strategy for success. Takeaways: Building a strong organizational infrastructure to support and empower nurses in their practice environments is essential to successfully…
The inside scoop of a virtual site visit
Plan and prepare to ensure a successful visit. Takeaways: Gain insight into how to conduct a virtual site visit. Learn how to adapt accreditation…
An upstanding approach to address bullying in nursing
Learn how to become more comfortable with speaking up. Takeaways: The harmful impact of incivility, bullying, and other forms of workplace aggressions on nurse…
Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Develop a sustainable plan that includes support and follow-up. Takeaways: The key to a successful workplace violence prevention program begins at the top with…
COVID has come to school & our cupboards are bare
I recently spoke to Joel Rose of NPR about the on-going struggle for school nurses to get the necessary PPE. The article and the audio clip are available…
Germ-free is the way to be: Smartphone disinfection in hospitals
Nurse-led, evidence-based education fills knowledge gap. Takeaways: All smartphones and other mobile devices are hosts to a variety of bacterial contaminants. A lack of…
Ethics in a pandemic
Disasters, including global pandemics such as COVID-19, disrupt standard care and present ethical challenges. Planning helps us prepare for disasters, but it can’t eliminate…
Here now, but heard nothing
It was a busy day on the cardiac unit where I had one of my first patients as a new nurse. I’ll call him…
Let’s rehearse lunchtime at school during COVID-19
Partnering with parents will never be more consequential than this coming school year. The incredible team at FAACT: Food Allergy Anaphylaxis & Connection Team has created…
UV-C: A tool for disinfecting mobile devices
Staff satisfied with cleaning workflow. Takeaways: Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are being used with increasing frequency in healthcare, but protocols for cleaning…
When nurses see unsafe practices, we speak out and sometimes we resign
I give credit to GA school nurse Amy Westmoreland, who was so concerned over the lack of public health mitigation strategies in her school,…
Coping with emotional stress
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, nurses reported high stress levels. (See Nurses and stress.) Now, healthcare organizations and nurses at all…
Operationalizing structural empowerment in a Magnet® organization
One hospital’s strategy for success. Takeaways: Building a strong organizational infrastructure to support and empower nurses in their practice environments is essential…
The inside scoop of a virtual site visit
Plan and prepare to ensure a successful visit. Takeaways: Gain insight into how to conduct a virtual site visit. Learn how to…
An upstanding approach to address bullying in nursing
Learn how to become more comfortable with speaking up. Takeaways: The harmful impact of incivility, bullying, and other forms of workplace aggressions…
Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Develop a sustainable plan that includes support and follow-up. Takeaways: The key to a successful workplace violence prevention program begins at the…
COVID has come to school & our cupboards are bare
I recently spoke to Joel Rose of NPR about the on-going struggle for school nurses to get the necessary PPE. The article and the audio clip…
Germ-free is the way to be: Smartphone disinfection in hospitals
Nurse-led, evidence-based education fills knowledge gap. Takeaways: All smartphones and other mobile devices are hosts to a variety of bacterial contaminants. A…
Ethics in a pandemic
Disasters, including global pandemics such as COVID-19, disrupt standard care and present ethical challenges. Planning helps us prepare for disasters, but it…
Here now, but heard nothing
It was a busy day on the cardiac unit where I had one of my first patients as a new nurse. I’ll…
Let’s rehearse lunchtime at school during COVID-19
Partnering with parents will never be more consequential than this coming school year. The incredible team at FAACT: Food Allergy Anaphylaxis & Connection…
UV-C: A tool for disinfecting mobile devices
Staff satisfied with cleaning workflow. Takeaways: Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are being used with increasing frequency in healthcare, but protocols…
When nurses see unsafe practices, we speak out and sometimes we resign
I give credit to GA school nurse Amy Westmoreland, who was so concerned over the lack of public health mitigation strategies in…
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