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
Sadomasochism, or S&M, has its place in nursing as it does within any profession. I’m not talking about physical, sexual S&M. I mean emotional S&M. Sadist nurses are those that get pleasure – whether they know it or not –... Read More
A few weeks ago I asked others if they knew how to stop a healthcare professional bully. Most people stated they weren’t sure, and honestly I was right alongside them. I think I know what to do in a bullying... Read More
This is part 16 of the Nursing Research Challenge. The healthcare social media world has been a-buzz lately about nurse-physician relationships. We can attribute this hearty conversation, in large part, to Theresa Brown, RN’s New York Times op-ed. Others joined... Read More
Lateral violence, or bullying, is a hot topic these days, for sure, and it seems as though we have all either been victims or the bullies themselves. I didn’t learn about lateral violence in nursing school, thus I didn’t learn... Read More
I cannot shake a recent article from my thoughts. Daniel Iverson, a homeless man and frequent visitor to the ER, enters and tells the triage nurse he hates his life and he’s ingested a fatal amount of morphine. She does her... Read More
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb I want to say nurses are great collaborators; in some instances we are. It’s no secret, though, we have a problem with... Read More