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CNO Roundtable 2020Staffing Challenges and the Silver WaveQ: What is shaping up to be your biggest nurse staffing challenge of the new decade?...as preceptors as part of their annual performance review. It’s all about math: More preceptors means more graduates, which means more staff. Source: Lippincott Recruiting and Retaining New Grads Denise...
Registered Nurse Esperanza Salazar stands smiling with a badge on and St. Francis Medical Center behind herMy SpecialtyInfection Prevention Nursing, Esperanza Salazar, St. Francis Medical CenterCombating outbreaks and hospital-associated infections...(NHSN) for tracking and analysis. An infection prevention specialist’s responsibilities also include being an educator, evaluator, consultant, influencer, collaborator, mentor, leader and liaison. We review annual risk assessments as mandated...
A nurse in scrubs is smiling with her eyes closed and hands on her heartNursing & Healthcare NewsStill Most TrustedGallup poll reaffirms robust public trust in nurses...or at the grocery store have extraordinary respect for your profession. For almost 20 years, nursing has consistently topped Gallup’s annual poll ranking the ethics and honesty of various professions....
Registered Nurse Michael Russo stands smiling in a white coat and scrubs, with green bushes with red flowers in the background.My SpecialtyClinical Navigator Perinatal Services, Michael Russo, Henry MayoImproving processes and systems while empowering the nursing team...This is a huge deal. I am also creating brand-new competencies for new hires as well as annual education, skills fairs and educational modules. You mentioned rounding to help address...
Woman is breathing in from a vapeNursing & Healthcare NewsVaping Lung Injury UpdateA common ingredient may become hazardous when inhaled...Anne Schuchat, M.D., if it’s vaporized in an e-cigarette and then inhaled, which puts the substance “right into the lungs, into the alveoli.” Known and Unknown Risks Even if vitamin...

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A nurse in white scrubs and wearing a white mask is holding up her hand in a stop positionFeatureThe Art of Saying No: Strategies for Taking Control of Your TimeTips for busy RNs just in time for the holidays...have some good methods for saying no, you can start practicing right away. Your life and work will be better for it. ANN REEVES is a writer for Working Nurse....
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...respect, understanding and care. I have to remind myself of this sometimes when patients are annoying or when parents are aggressive. It’s difficult at times, but it’s essential to having...
Registered Nurse Michelle McKoy is wearing a green blouse and her badge. She smiles as she sits by a computer.My SpecialtyClinical Nurse Educator, Michelle McKoy, Foothill Regional Medical CenterEducating the staff while mentoring nursing students...and EMR trainings. Beyond that, I oversee our nurse residency program and coordinate with other department heads for the hospital’s annual skills day. What do your days look like? Whom...
A woman and man sit at the bedside of an older man. They are holding his hands and look sadFeatureCaring for the Caregivers10 ways to support your patients' family and friends at bedside...situation. LeANN THIEMAN LPN, CSP, CPAE is the author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul for Nurses series and Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul and founder of the...
An advertisement for the Queen's nurses on the left, and a picture of William Rathbone on the rightFeatureWilliam Rathbone VI (1819-1902), Father of English District NursingHow a Unitarian philanthropist urged Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale to revolutionize Dickens-era public health...Victoria announced that she would contribute £70,000, the bulk of the money raised for her Golden Jubilee, to nursing-related causes. Rathbone, Lees and Nightingale pushed for that money to be...