Posts tagged with: encouragement

Nurses Week 2013 Printable Card Roundup

Want to send a resounding (and stylish!) thank you to the nurses in your life this week? Here’s a list of freebies and low-cost ideas just for you. Enjoy! From May 2012: DIY Nurse Appreciation Gifts and Printable Cards Roundup [lots of stuff... Read More

Triple-‘Threat’ Nurse [Free, Printable Card]

Download, print, handwrite your message on the back, and give this card to your favorite triple-‘threat’ nurse – perhaps during Nurses Week, which is May 6 – 12.... Read More

You RAWK [Free, Printable Card]

“You rock!” is a favorite phrase of mine. It’s my kudos sentence of choice, and it’s usually accompanied by a high five, a dance of some sort, or lots of finger pointing. It’s only natural to incorporate it into a postcard... Read More

The Highest Form of Managerial Praise

Sincere praise is always good. It spurs us on. It edifies our work. It strengthens our resolve. It can be expected, or it can be a surprise. It can be public, and it can be private. Many people think of... Read More

No Wonder Nursing Uniforms Had Capes [Free, Printable Card]

It just makes me smile. I can think of many nurses I want to give this postcard-type card to. You can download, print, and give it to the nurses in your life, too. Be sure to write your personal-hero sentiments... Read More

Seek and Find Customizable Nursing Appreciation Card [Free Printable]

I really love the idea of personalizing items in myriad ways. These two cards – outlined in either navy blue or hot pink – contain the same word search. You can leave the word search blank, or you can further... Read More

Bombarded by Free, Printable Nurses Week/Appreciation Cards

Nurses Week is May 6-12. I’m certain you know a nurse (likely a lot of ’em), and you need to start planning now if you want to let each of them know how important they are to you or to... Read More

YMWB: You Make Work Better [Free, Printable Card]

I love sending notes to people I work with. They really do make work better. Just sayin’ it like it is! There’s probably someone around you that makes work better, too. Download and print this puppy out and let him... Read More

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids [Book Review]

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, written by Sean Covey, is an excellent children’s book. It follows the same seven habits presented by Stephen Covey in his 1989 published The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I read the original book in graduate... Read More

From Plucking Images Out of Your Dreams to Pretending You Have Cancer: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 7]

So a smidgen of my reading for the week included: A Texas Senate Bill Would Revise the State’s End-of-Life Procedure by The New York Times via The Texas Tribune Pretending that You Have Cancer – It Never Really Ends Well by Slate... Read More