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Illustration of a nurse with an angry look on her faceFeatureDealing With Mean NursesTo confront or to avoid? Making the case for going along to get along...line. Mean nurses typically have an exaggerated sense of self-importance and want to be in control of all aspects of the work environment, including other nurses: how they take care...
Jon Garrison sits aside a fire in the wilderness. Rocks and trees surround him.FeatureWhen a Special Patient DiesA routine of self-care helps to cope with loss...Observatory in Los Angeles is a trail leading to the top of Mt. Hollywood, a prominent peak that gives a panoramic view of the L.A. basin. There is an overlook...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses and SuicideStudy points to elevated risk...team faced in generating these estimates underscores a much larger problem: Nurse suicide is little-studied and little-discussed even within the profession. Although we all know the emotional toll nursing can...
A nurse in scrubs is shaking hands with someone else. The nurse is holding a pink clipboard in their other handFeatureFinding Your Feet in the Deep EndHone your abilities and one day YOU will be the experienced nurse...career, you’ll encounter situations that you’re not familiar with. For example, you may be called upon to chart using medical terms that seem at first like a foreign language. When...
A male nurse is standing smiling, with a silhouette of flexing arms behind him. He is wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neckFeatureBecoming a Charge NursePractical steps for moving into a leadership role...will call them out and ask them to do it. I will do it politely; I will say “please” and “thank you”; but I will do it! Take one for...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Nurses of Ward 5BDocumentary about pioneering San Francisco AIDS unit...work took a huge emotional toll. All the staff could really provide was palliative care for the dying. The nurses soon discovered that there were political consequences as well. Staff...
An illustration of one male nurse in scrubs is whispering to a female nurse and she is laughingHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Shameless GossipMalicious talk undermines relationships and trust. As nurses, we can do better!...recently died is not. Loose Lips Recently, while doing some consulting at a hospital, I was standing in line for the coffee cart behind two hospital employees who were talking...
A nurse in scrubs and mask is talking to a group of doctors in white coatsFeatureHow to Speak PhysicianApproaching them, communicating with them and just plain making it work...pressures were. They’ll want to know if it has been trending up all day or if this was the first occurrence. Make sure you have those details at hand before...
Book ClubAdvice for Future Corpses: A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie TisdaleTaking direct aim at a taboo topic...an examination of the physiological and psychological events of fatal illness as well as the emotional journey of family members. She explains the starts and stops and what the accompanying...
Book ClubNatural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara EhrenreichA Contrarian View of Aging...Too often, Ehrenreich argues, they still push us in directions that provide little real return for what they cost us. The last few chapters present a more complicated, controversial argument:...