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Go Beyond Gratitude: How to Honor Your Nurse Managers

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Very troubling to us was the data regarding nurse managers, the role we often hear is the toughest in the building. The nurse manager position is too critical to the success of every healthcare organization to not take seriously the data AONL’s research revealed. Years ago, we had created The DAISY Nurse Leader Award.

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I Made it, Despite Life’s Ups and Downs

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I’ve worked as a nurse manager and an assistant director of nursing, and I’m currently a director of nursing in a post-acute facility. Memory lane It’s amazing how many places a nursing career can take you and how the patients make every struggle worth it. Share your nurse story with your colleagues.

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Nurses Help Nurses Succeed, Stay Safe, and De-Stress

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Thomas, who began her nursing career at The Cleveland Clinic in 2004, remembered a program called Code Lavender that was developed and launched by the hospital in 2008. When she transferred to the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in 2015, Thomas launched the program there and uniquely tailored it to the USC staff.

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You Matter Cart Shows Nurses Their Compassion Is Appreciated

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Lefton and her YMC colleagues greet staff at the elevators where employees come enter after parking and wish them a great day, all set to the soothing music of a harp played by Emily Paino-Brenneman RN, Nurse Manager of the women’s infusion center. Some people are confused,” Lefton explained.

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Critical Care Association President Wants Nurses to be Heard

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What the pandemic has shown us is that there are many paths to becoming a critical care nurse. In critical care, there are so many critical care specialties — neuro ICU, trauma ICU, cardiac ICU, pediatrics, neonatal, and medical ICUs.

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Nursing Behind Bars: My Experience As a Corrections Nurse

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” The nurse manager met me in the front office, and I followed her through to the secured section of the building. The nursing office was a cramped, windowless room with gray cement walls, dim fluorescent lighting, and sparse furniture. The nurse manager began the interview. Share your nurse story with us!