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
Last week I mentioned some of my favorite places to find free, full-text nursing journal articles. Special thanks to my friend and brilliant colleague, Susan Thrane, for pointing out that open access nursing journals are also great sources, and nurse... Read More
It’s here. It’s finally here. The Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress is this week in Boston. I am looking forward to so many things, and I hope to meet many colleagues in real life at Congress. I am super excited... Read More