Nursing
Download this poster to reference in your upcoming presentations or articles. Full disclosure: I am an author of this poster, and I think it very important to follow gained knowledge into transference of nursing (and other healthcare professional) practice.... Read More
Mother’s Day changed six years ago. One of my patients, Mrs. M., passed away from cancer. I was pregnant – very pregnant – with my first child at the time I was caring for her as she received a very... Read More
This is part 14 of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Otten, R. and Chen, T. (2011). Change, chaos, adaptation: The effects of leadership on a work group. Creative Nursing, 17(1): 30-35. Big Idea: This article views a major change... Read More
Many thanks to Patti Palmer, RN, MS, AOCNS®, and collaborating authors for allowing me to share their recent Oncology Nursing Society Congress poster. Sickle-cell pain management is a touchy subject within healthcare, at least it is in my opinion. I think that our... Read More
Need a pick me up? Want to learn more about ways to integrate humor into nursing practice? Check out the Journal of Nursing Jocularity, a free, online magazine for nurses. Various nurse authors, light-hearted articles, comics, and stand-up comedy healthcare-related... Read More
A colleague I admire called me yesterday to talk business, but she ended the call wonderfully by encouraging me. It lasted all of 45 seconds, but it meant a lot to me, and I told her so. I wasn’t having... Read More
I am sitting at the Boston Logan International Airport waiting to return home to Austin. I am posting from my iPhone, so please forgive my lack of links throughout the post. I have spent the last three days at the... Read More
This is part 13 of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Hein, L. (2010). Where did you sleep last night? Homeless male adolescents: Gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual compared. Southern Online Nursing Journal of Research, 10(1). Accessed at http://snrs.org/publications/SOJNR_articles2/Vol10Num01Art09.pdf. The... Read More
I cannot keep vaccines straight in my mind. It’s easy for them to run together in my ol’ gray matter, especially vaccination schedules. Thankfully, there’s Vaccines.gov, which covers anything and everything related to vaccines. It is a great site for... Read More
The plane wing sliced through the clouds like a warm knife through butter. Squealing tires on the tarmac soon lead to a quick trip on public transportation. As I walked a few blocks from the bus stop to the hotel,... Read More