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MakerNurse: Elevating and Accelerating the Ingenuity of Nurses

How many times have I preached my sermon about the innovation of nurses and how we’re the best innovators in the world? Many, many times. Because. It’s. True. Nurses are constantly working around broken, inefficient processes and systems. We come... Read More

The Moment Leaders Fall In Love with Their Teams

Whether you believe love begins before it has explainable origins, at first sight, or grows over time – leaders’ love for their teams is the same. Do leaders actually love their teams? Yes. It definitely gets stronger across time, but... Read More

From Google Eradicating Cancer to the Ultimate End-of-Life Plan: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 15]

Here’s some of what I’ve been putting into my brain this week: Intensive care treatment is often futile and costly, study finds by the Los Angeles Times When the Shift Hits the Fan via ONS Connect The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan via The Wall... Read More

Palliative Care and the Human Connection: Ten Steps for What to Say and Do [Video]

I saw this video for the first time two weeks ago via TheONC. The video is absolutely worth another mention as it sheds light (quickly) on a daunting topic – delivering difficult news. What do you think? Will you (or... Read More

Happy First Day

Each day is a new, first day. Some first days are more significant than others to each of us for very different reasons. Some people are beginning nursing school. Some people are starting their first nursing jobs. Some people are... Read More

Crisp, Comfortable, Stylish: Dansko Shoes Fall Collection [Giveaway]

The seasons are changing, and you know what that means, don’t you? Fall shoes and boots! Dansko just launched its fall shoe collection. Oh, you didn’t know Dankso makes more than fabulous Professional clogs for work? Uh, yeah, they do!... Read More

Remembrance

I remember.           I remember. 09.11.2001.             09.11.2001 Four planes.          Four planes. 2,977 victims.       2,977 victims. I remember.          I remember.... Read More

Giddy Up; Submit Your Abstract to the Cowtown Oncology Symposium

Yeehaaaw! It’s time for the 4th Annual Cowtown Oncology Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas. I am a Texan – born and bred. Contrary to popular belief and pervasive stereotypes, I don’t routinely say yeehaaaw, still, the Cowtown Oncology Symposium is so fun and... Read More

From A New Designer Drug Alert to the Lasting Scars of Socioeconomic Stress: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 14]

Here are some of the highlights of my reading (and viewing) this week: Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood? via TEDMED [Video of the first nurse at TEDMED.] CDC Issues Alert on Deadly New Designer Drug, Acetyl Fentanyl via Forbes... Read More