Clinical Nurse Leaders, or CNLs, are becoming more and more prevalent within the nursing profession. Rightly so; these colleagues are making waves in the industry, saving lives and money. Here’s a little more about Clinical Nurse Leaders: The Air Traffic Controllers of... Read More
I’m forever saving articles, hoarding items in my RSS feed, favoring tweets, and emailing myself with items to look up. I’m never short of reading material, and many times I am overloaded with information that is just collecting electronic dust. This... Read More
I spent the majority of last week at a training about lean tools and concepts. At the beginning of the class, the instructor asked how many people volunteered for the class as opposed to how many were “voluntold” to attend... Read More
Here’s a smidgen of what I filled my brain with over the long weekend… No Amount of Alcohol is Safe from Medscape Oncology Tiny PMS Match Why the quality measures in health care are deeply flawed by Karen S. Sibert, MD, via KevinMD.com When... Read More
Here’s a little of what I’ve been reading recently: Cervical Cancer Rates Underestimated. Study Says by Huffington Post Health Insurance Company CEOs Total Compensation in 2013 via @firefighterAB from @NHLABOR_NEWS 30 Simple Tools for Data Visualization by Fast Company The... Read More
Each hospital has its own culture – a mixture of the city, the people, artistic and political movements, and area businesses. Even hospitals within the same city have different cultures thanks to the leaders within those organizations and their backgrounds... Read More
My reading list is filling back up again, and I’m absolutely loving it. I’m squeezing in chapters here and there, and you better believe free moments in between meetings and snippets of downtime have their fair share of bit-sized information... Read More
Never heard of a Certified Cancer (or Tumor) Registrar? You’re not alone. Even people within the oncology world often do not know about these amazing team members. The reason? They work behind the scenes and do so much background work... Read More
This is National Volunteer Appreciation Week. What. A. Week! I’ve previously expressed what an amazingly untapped volunteer resource nursing is in general, but this week I haven’t focused on nursing volunteers; I’ve had my eyes and thoughts fixed on all... Read More
Think of your favorite song of the moment. How does it make you feel; does it change your mood? Maybe the way your feeling impacts your “favorite” song right now. Both, actually. Music is powerful. It has the influence to... Read More