The US Postal Service has made it easier to send letters of support and encouragement to the Newtown, Connecticut community. You can send your letter, postcard, picture, whatever to whomever – teachers, parents, first-responders – to P.O. Box 3700, Newtown, CT... Read More
The Article: Englund, H., Chappy, S., & Jambunathan, J. (2012). Ethical reasoning and online social media. Nurse Educator, 37(6): 242-247. Big Idea: While nurses and nursing students frequently utilize social media, little research has been done to understand nursing students’ own understanding of... Read More
Head, hands, heart – when the three are all in, success shadows you. When one is out of the mix, work gets tough. The head and the hands have the know how and the implementation, but they lack the heart’s... Read More
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School nurses amaze me. They have hundreds of lives within their care. Literally. It’s in one word – ridiculous – that school nurse care requirements aren’t more stringent. On top of that, they have to be master pediatric nurses, with care running... Read More
Impactednurse is at it again – elevating and highlighting nursing with the 2012 Social Media Nurse of the Year Award. Head over and nominate a nurse now who is using social media as a tool to improve nursing care and... Read More
After making about 30 single-song purchases on iTunes last night (Don’t judge; I’m in desperate need of new running songs!), I thought about the joy and pain of everything sold separately. I love that songs are sold individually because I rarely... Read More
Yes, I know everyone in the U.S. is ready for election season to end. I haven’t mentioned it once, though…until today. With tomorrow’s Election Day home stretch, I have to encourage everyone to vote if you haven’t done so already.... Read More
Cash is always good. Friends over at NOEP are conducting their bi-annual nursing needs assessment. If you’re a nurse or nursing student, complete the NOEP survey by December 31, 2012, and you’ll be entered in a chance to win one... Read More
A commodity is a general term for a marketable good lacking differentiation across markets. It is easily replaceable because there is no differentiation; the commodities are exact replacements of one another. Too many times leaders and hiring/firing managers view nurses (and many... Read More