Nursing
It’s no secret I love a creative mind, especially in nursing. I am quite fortunate to work with some crazily creative people from other disciplines. You know that moment when you share an idea you’ve had for a while with... Read More
“Hooray! It’s chart audit day,” said no one ever. Chart audits aren’t typically the highlight of my work. It’s a mundane task. Sometimes it can be quite the downer, as well. I did share the audit improvement points with everyone,... Read More
Artist and designer Dan Chen is questioning “robotic intimacy technology” at one of the most vulnerable moments within the lifespan – the end of life. Chen’s “Last Moment Robot” is a functional machine, and is currently strictly art designed to... Read More
The Article: Smith, Y. & Caplin, M. (2012). Teaching the literacy of professionalism: When clinical skills are not enough. Nurse Educator, 37(3): 121-125. Big Idea: Writing, presenting, and speaking are professional nursing skills that are expected but rarely taught intentionally.... Read More
I picked up The Encore Effect from my library a few weeks ago. With less than three hours of audio, I knew this book wouldn’t last long. That was one of the reasons I checked it out; I needed a... Read More
In honor of nursing graduations everywhere and the thousands of people who are preparing for the NCLEX…here’s a note of encouragement for you or others. Feel free to download, print, and encourage at random intentionally. The NCLEX is tough. And... Read More
Dr. Mukherjee used the story of the Red Queen’s race from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass in his best-seller The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. The analogy burned a place in my mind, and I have been... Read More
Nurses deliver difficult news every day. Whether it’s reiterating exam results the physician explained earlier to the patient and now the family that was absent is suddenly present and the patient no longer remembers all the intricacies of the delicate... Read More
Article: Tschannen, D. and Lee, E. (2012) The impact of nursing characteristics and the work environment on perceptions of communication. Nursing Research and Practice, E-pub February 22, 2012, 1-7. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3316962/pdf/NRP2012-401905.pdf. Big Idea: Communication within health care is a... Read More
It seems as though I have been reading and hearing about courage a lot recently. Maybe it’s my subconscious. You know, when you want to buy a new car and then you start seeing that exact car all over the... Read More