Operationalizing Creativity
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Hello, BooJee Beads Winner!
Congrats to Dottie Nielsen! She won the BooJee Beads giveaway. Sounds like someone she loves might be getting a sweet (and stylish!) surprise. Hooray! ... Read More
Finding Rest by Working On
A long day leads to a quiet evening. Writing is sanctuary. A blank screen. A soft whirring from the computer. A foggy block. A barrier to safe solitude. Fingers next to keys. Hovering. And then the familiar clicking rhythm. No... Read More
“Serious Gaming” Educates Baccalaureate Nursing Students on Healthcare Ethics
Four years ago Diane Forster-Burke, MS, RN, professor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, was looking for a way to recharge her teaching and utilize different education strategies to drive home the ethics of every day healthcare decisions nurses and... Read More
From Toyota to the Bedside: Nurses Can Lead the Lean Way in Health Care Reform
The Article: Johnson, J.E., Mastro, K.A., & Smith, A.L. (2012). From Toyota to the bedside: Nurses can lead the lean way in health care reform. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 36(3), 234-42. Big Idea: The Toyota Production System of the 1960’s produced a new quality and... Read More
From Giant Earthworms to the Blood-Brain Barrier: Nursetopia’s Reading and Education Mashup [Part I]
In reigniting my energies surrounding the Nursing Ideas Challenge (my first article of 2013 will publish tomorrow…Rob Fraser has already published his first), I decided to also share what I’m reading and learning about that’s not particularly “nursing research,” but... Read More
For the Love of Nursing
Love isn’t in the falling; it’s in the staying. I fell in love with nursing in nursing school. At one point in my career, I despised it, though. It was right around the infamous two-year mark. I questioned whether I... Read More
Too Busy for Your Team, Manager? You’re Too Busy.
Managers are responsible to their teams – to be present, to advocate for them, to listen to them, to help them. It’s difficult to be present – both literally and figuratively – while pulled in every direction by meetings, cell... Read More
New, Free Journal Dedicated to Healthcare Clinical Innovation “Coming Soon”
Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation will being quarterly publishing in June 2013. The journal, touted as the first of its kind to offer research on direct clinical care innovation, or the “how” of healthcare, will be free online... Read More