Since I awoke Friday morning to the news of the 8.9 earthquake in Japan, I cannot shake the thoughts of our Japanese nursing colleagues. I have said many prayers for them as they live and work through this and ongoing... Read More
This is part five of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Trinkoff, A., Johantgen, M., Storr, C., Gurses, A., Liang, Y., & Han, K. (2011). Nurses’ work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality. Nursing Research, 60(1): 1-8. The Big... Read More
This is part four of the Nursing Research Challenge. While this article is not a research article, as a case study, it is a form of evidence. The Article: Stefancyk, A. (2009). Transforming care at the bedside: One-hour, off-unit meal breaks.... Read More
A recent article about robots in the operating room piqued my interest. I am a fan of new technologies, but the terminology used throughout the article bothered me. The robots were coined “robotic scrub nurses.” Excuse me? I highly value... Read More
You know what you’re in for when the charge nurse tells you, “Get your roller-skates on.” For those unfamiliar with the phrase, you can likely infer that it is going to be a busy day, so much so that walking... Read More
All this time I thought I – the nurse – was the artist, orchestrating a beautiful symphony of care and shaping programs into works of both form and function. As I spoke with a colleague about yesterday’s post, I divulged... Read More
I held her head forward as she vomited blood time and time again. All I managed to do otherwise was look at her frightened husband and say, “Mr. K., hold her hand.” He did. I started my night shift... Read More
A recent story of a dress code policy impacting Ottawa nurses has me thinking about planning again. In short, a hospital implemented a new dress code designed to make it easier for patients to identify nurses from other hospital staff.... Read More
I previously asked nursing colleagues if they had the opportunity to go back in time and choose their profession all over again, would they still choose nursing. While the responses were few – three to be exact – all three... Read More
I’ve had a long day. It started at 5:45 AM as my electricity went out due to emergent, required rolling power outages across Texas – a state with roughly 22 million people. A large winter storm plaguing much of the... Read More