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Be still my heart! Nursing Center is featuring Nursing Administration Quarterly this month. That means the current issue is F.R.E.E. until September 1, 2011. Head over and grab the entire journal now. You know you’re going to need something from... Read More

The Nurse Oncology Education Program, or NOEP, is helping one of the unhealthiest populations in the U.S. – nurses – track and change seven cancer-related health behaviors: fruit and vegetable consumption, red meat consumption, tobacco use, sugary-beverage consumption, screen time,... Read More

I passed by you this morning. In the hospital hallway. I tried to give you a small smile, and I nearly approached you – my name badge in plain sight. Instead, I kept walking as you tried to hide your... Read More

I am starting to do a lot of new things in my role, but they’re not new, per se. Collaboration, timeliness, open communication, appreciation, advocacy – the leadership and management functions remain the same. It reminds me of the nursing... Read More

I have never worked in an organization with a shared governance structure. Similarly to others, I have had a difficult time explaining the concept to others because it was only a theory to me. I had never seen it in... Read More

Another week is rolling in quickly. I am mentally preparing for the many meetings, early morning runs, last week of summer vacation before the kiddos head back to school, dental appointments, hair cuts, moving projects along, weekly meals. You know... Read More

The Article: Durbin, C., Fish, A., Bachman, J., & Smith, K. (2010). Systematic review of educational interventions for improving advance directive completion. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(3): 234-231. Big Idea: Pay attention. This is a systematic review – the mother-load... Read More

I’ve known about Single Jingles: A Testicular Cancer Foundation for about five or six months now, but I really got to know the organization recently as they helped me and my colleagues provide some much needed resources for a patient.... Read More

When I first started blogging, I asked several nurse bloggers their secrets to success. How do you write great posts Every. Single. Day? I attended the 36th Annual ONS Congress in April and asked nurse authors and publishers a similar... Read More

It seems like we are always waiting for the big, monumental moments, but life is really comprised of trillions of small moments. We rush passed most of them, and every once in a while we catch one and take it... Read More