Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. ~Unknown This video is one of 50 in an excellent series – Life Before Death. Use the free videos. Use them to educate other healthcare professionals about pain and palliative care. Use them... Read More
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 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
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
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
I posted a few days ago about a not-so-shining example within nursing. Honestly, I debated whether or not to write about the topic. I love my profession, and I want to reflect such an attitude. After much thought, I shook... Read More
The Article: Halm, M. (2010). “Inside looking in” or “inside looking out”? How leaders shape cultures equipped for evidence-based practice. American Journal of Critical Care, 19(4): 375-378. Big Idea: How do we move from research to practice? There are numerous... Read More