Posts tagged with: business

In Retrospect: 2013’s ‘One Word’

Each year I select one word to help focus me. Here’s my hindsight reflections of my 2011 one word and my 2012 one word. It’s amazing how the one word threads throughout the months, frightening sometimes. I guess that’s the purpose and should be expected as I think of... Read More

The Most Formidable Teacher: Experience

She’s one tough teacher. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you can learn from her substitute, which regularly teaches everyone else. At the board – exposed, in front of the class – you won’t ever forget her lessons, though. Oh no. Rarely... Read More

From Drinking the Leadership Kool-Aid to A Mental Illness Video Game: A Nursetopia Reading & Education Mashup [Part 19]

Hooray for the holidays! And a little bit of downtime to lay back, spend time with loved ones, and peruse the news. Here’s some of what I’ve been checking out these days: The Open-Book Revolution: Motivating Employees by Inc.com 2013 Honesty... Read More

From Pixar’s Storytelling Rules to Personality-Associated Health Care Use: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 16]

Here’s a smattering of what I’ve been reading lately: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling – Visualized via Fast Company Create The Votes are In: Sandy Hook Elementary Will Be Torn Down by NPR Naughty nurses told to behave after posting saucy selfies... Read More

From Google Eradicating Cancer to the Ultimate End-of-Life Plan: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 15]

Here’s some of what I’ve been putting into my brain this week: Intensive care treatment is often futile and costly, study finds by the Los Angeles Times When the Shift Hits the Fan via ONS Connect The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan via The Wall... Read More

Many Americans Uninformed about Affordable Care Act; Doctors and Nurses Most Trusted Sources of Information on the Topic

An August 2013 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll revealed “more than four-in-ten Americans think the new health care law has been repealed, overturned in court or are just unsure whether it remains the law.” The same amount of people surveyed stated... Read More

From A Map of the Uninsured to Unplugging Every 90 Minutes: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 13]

Here’s a smidgen of the goodness I’ve been reading and watching this week: Volume 80, Number 84 by Quipsologies (a stopmotion video of the human body in paper cutouts) CDC’s Digital Library Stacks Up On Recommendations, Guidelines by PhysBizTech Making the... Read More

From a Texting Pill to Blogging to Battle Depression: A Nursetopia Reading & Education Mashup [Part 12]

Here’s a smidgen of what I’ve been reading (and watching) this week: Would you hire a deaf nurse? by HealthLeaders Media The Artist Who Changed My Life by Austin Kleon (The 25-minute video is well-worth your time.) A pill that texts the... Read More

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking [Audio Book Review]

Thanks to a few friends who’ve read the book, I picked up and finished the audio version of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. It is sooo good. I am definitely an introvert, and this book... Read More