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Illustration of happy nurse in green scrubs with blackout nurses gossiping in the backgroundHealthy Workforce3 Steps to a More Positive WorkplaceTry these practical tips to dial back the negativity on your unit...strategies will create a happier, more productive workplace for everyone. RENEE THOMPSON, RN, DNP, CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute (healthyworkforceinstitute.com). Reach her at ....
FeatureThe Zhytomyr Hospital ChallengeA hospital in Ukraine is in crisis. Thank you for supporting a good cause.LAST FALL, I met Olena Svetlov, RN, DNP, CNS, a Ukrainian-born nurse I connected with on LinkedIn, at a Ukrainian restaurant in Playa del Rey. I intended to interview her...
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)....

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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....