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Deconstructing A Great Presentation

Open with a memorable – but brief – story while slide one projects one image conveying the essence of your story. Segue right into the content. Slides two through nine contain pictures with minimal text (i.e. seven to 10 words... Read More

Giving Back, Paying it Forward, Making A Difference

You are where you are today because of your own diligence and drive in combination with the leadership, mentoring, and encouragement from others throughout your life. You are a wealth of information and resources. Someone is dying to meet and... Read More

Your Healthcare Advertisement Better Be True

Soft music. Muted colors. A warm-toned voice over touting stellar care. A smiling healthcare team with b-roll shots of hand-holding and teaching moments that just so happen to take place next to perfectly-made beds, within recessed-lit rooms, and in surprisingly... Read More

Super Freakonomics [Audio Book Review]

Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the second book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. One of the authors narrates the audio book, and the book shares this common theme among... Read More

Nurses as Commodities

A commodity is a general term for a marketable good lacking differentiation across markets. It is easily replaceable because there is no differentiation; the commodities are exact replacements of one another. Too many times leaders and hiring/firing managers view nurses (and many... Read More

The Resting Face

I cannot take credit for this phrase – “the resting face.” My pastor talks about this occasionally, and now I find myself laughing to myself in meetings, in the grocery store check-out line, and everywhere else. One moment in particular... Read More

What Precedes Opportunity

My seven-year-old son, smarty-pants that he is, was looking at the computer while helping me with a project. I was looking for just the right quote to convey my thoughts, writing as I scrolled through many wise words. My son... Read More

A Little Flexibility to Save Your Sanity

Oh, how a little flexibility – just a smidgen, even – helps make everything better. While listening to a nurse with 37 years of experience talk about innovating care coordination today, she said, “People ask me all the time what... Read More

What’s Important to Remember

Ever lose track of a conversation in front of a group of people? Want to make people walk away with your point in mind? Repeat this phrase with me: “What’s important to remember is…” That one phrase jolts brains into... Read More

Is There A Nurse in the Boardroom?

It comes as no surprise to regular Nursetopia readers that I am an advocate for nurses in all levels of leadership in every area of healthcare, business, and the community. I say it frequently, and I quote Nursing Leadership from... Read More