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Illustration of nurse bully sneering and wagging her finger.Healthy WorkforceCan a Bully Be “Too Good” to Lose?Don’t let clinical skill become a free pass for bad behavior...tolerate, we become. Bullying and toxicity undermine a culture of collaboration, a healthy work environment, and patient safety. RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the...
Two old photos of novelist and chief nurse Nella LarsenProfiles In NursingNella Larsen Imes (1891–1964)Nurse administrator and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance...Larsen published what’s now considered her magnum opus: Passing, an incisive, morally complex novel about a Black woman reunited with a childhood friend who’s now married to a racist white...
Healthy Workforce11 Ways to Celebrate your CoworkersThese acts of kindness will create a more positive workplace for everyone...connecting with coworkers in positive ways helps us all to be better nurses. RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, FAAN, CSP, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute (healthyworkforceinstitute.com)....
Nurse sitting against the wall in a hospital hallway, hand on forehead, feeling despair.Healthy WorkforceHow to Stop Cyberbullying in the WorkplaceHarassment is harassment whether in person or online...that can strengthen teamwork and connect nurses with each other. Let’s all agree to use them for those positive purposes! RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, FAAN, CSP, is the CEO and...
Florence Nightingale in the barrack hospital at Scutari, Turkey, during the Crimean War.FeatureNightingale in CrimeaHow a fiery newspaper article took Florence Nightingale into the Crimean War and sparked her crusade for hospital reform...Her work ethic was legendary. She labored all day, then rounded on patients at night by the light of her kerosene lantern, earning the now-famous moniker “Lady with the Lamp.”...

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Nurse manager wearing blue suit facing off against staff nurse in glasses and turqoise scrubsFeature“10 Things We Wish You Knew!”What staff nurses and managers should understand about each other...understand, then to be understood.” RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute (healthyworkforceinstitute.com). JASMIN MORA is a Los Angeles-based illustrator. Visit jasminmora.com....
New grad nurse with thought bubble of kind nurse at bedsideHealthy Workforce6 Ways New Nurses Can Stand Up to BullyingDon’t become a victim of those who “eat their young”...one of them. RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute (healthyworkforceinstitute.com). Reach her at . Jasmin Mora is a Los Angeles-based illustrator....
Illustration of nurse wearing orange scrubs and shrugging her shouldersHealthy WorkforceManaging the Martyr ComplexKeeping patient care from becoming self-sacrifice...front of others. Additional acts of kindness will only make your workplace happier and healthier. RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute...
Sepia tone photo of Sarah Seelye and cover of her book Nurse & SpyProfiles In NursingSarah Edmonds Seelye a.k.a. Frank Thompson (1841–1898)A master of disguise, this Civil War nurse went undercover as a Union spy...woman. She planned to return, but found that in her absence, “Frank Thompson” had been branded a deserter. Edmonds abandoned her disguise and traveled to Washington, D.C., where she worked...
FeatureWartime Nursing PostersHow depictions of nurses shaped public sentiment towards war...of Congress. Wartime nursing posters from 100 years ago can seem like relics, and their racist and sexist depictions can be jarring to modern viewers. Yet, many of the messages...