The Nursing Site

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Every day, all shift long, nurses are using critical thinking skills in their job no matter where they work. As nurses know, everything can turn on a dime without warning. Nurses who have weak and almost non-existent critical thinking skills will continue to struggle and their level of patient care will suffer. Be curious.

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Equality 4 Black Nurses

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Have you been asked to write a reflective account but need clarification on what you might have done wrong? These principles apply equally to healthcare professionals (including Nurses) in clinical practice when accused of wrongdoing. When you are unsure, it's best to be silent. Avoid sending emails, texts or statements.

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American Nurse

APRIL 10, 2024

As nurses, we instantly think about how to care for that person: Check airway, breathing, circulation. Looking through her lens of “welcome, sharing food, and giving,” I reflected that her gift was bigger than the fork itself. Be your own nurse. What do you do if you see someone with a fork in their eye?

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

MARCH 20, 2023

This year, the theme, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” was picked to draw attention to “women in every community who have devoted their lives and talents to producing art, pursuing truth, and reflecting the human condition decade after decade.” Archival voices from nurse pioneers. Making our work visible.

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Nurse Stories 118

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Basing your nursing practice on the latest evidence and research remains critical to providing optimal patient care. Practicing nursing based on tradition, “ how we ’ ve always done it,” or outdated research can lead to poor patient outcomes, inappropriate care, or serious errors.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

MAY 15, 2024

As we approach Nurses’ Week, I find myself reflecting on my early days, particularly on the profound impact one nurse had on my career: Maryann. She wasn’t just any nurse; she was the epitome of what I aspired to be—smart, confident, and incredibly kind. Why Do Nurses Leave? Why is this such a big deal?

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The Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 4, 2023

In fact, I studied art therapy before I became a nurse. Back to writing though, I am looking to grow some school nurse bloggers. I work out social issues, personal reflections, and work challenges and hopefully also inspire other school nurses to not feel as alone or isolated as we are known to be.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 10, 2024

When you enter nursing, you’re driven by a desire to help, heal, and make a difference in the lives of those you care for. Understanding the Nature of Nursing Building strong, heartfelt connections with patients and their families comes with the territory. It requires practice and patience.

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Self-Care Patient Experience Mental Health 85

Nurse.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For nurses, compassion fatigue can mean disruptions to their emotional and physical health. As a nurse, you provide care with empathy and sensitivity, and compassion fatigue may cause you to feel disconnected from the compassion you usually have. It can manifest itself as headaches, anxiousness, changes in appetite, or mood swings.

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Diversity Nursing

MAY 8, 2024

Frontier Nursing University (FNU), located in Versailles, Ky., was announced as the private college and university recipient of the 2023 Inclusive Excellence, Belonging, and Sustainability in Nursing Education Award, presented annually by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Versailles, Ky.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 7, 2024

One of my former nursing students, a vibrant young Black woman, tragically lost her life and the life of her newborn during childbirth. In recognition of National Nurses Week, it’s crucial to reflect on nurses’ profound impact on healthcare, particularly in addressing health disparities.

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The Nurse Break

MARCH 28, 2024

While it was a period of great relaxation for me, it was also a time of significant reflection and contemplation. I studied something completely different to nursing, while still nursing. I questioned how I had found myself as a nurse, when my lifelong dream had always been writing.

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Post University

APRIL 15, 2024

Today’s nurses do it all: offer clinical care, maintain sanitary environments, and provide comfort for patients as they face distressing circumstances. They must accomplish all this while abiding by evidence-based practices and keeping up to date on quickly changing tools, technologies, and methodologies. The difference?

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The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 17, 2024

As a rapid response nurse, you are often at the forefront of healthcare emergencies, facing high-pressure situations and critical decisions daily. Here are some tips to help you navigate stress and maintain your resilience in the fast-paced world of rapid response nursing: Navigating Stress: Tips for the Rapid Response Nurse: 1.

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The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 26, 2024

As the calendar turns to a new year, travel nurses find themselves at the crossroads of fresh opportunities and exciting possibilities. Define Your Career Goals: Before diving into the plethora of available travel assignments , take a moment to reflect on your career goals. Go Healthcare Staffing provided this article.

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American Nurse

MAY 3, 2024

Over the past half-century, nursing education has undergone significant transformation at all levels. The shift from the apprenticeship model to university-based education has produced highly educated nurses who may or may not be practice-ready to tackle multiple complex patients upon graduation. This isn’t new.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 27, 2023

Granting full practice authority (FPA) to nurse practitioners (NPs) is a “costless” way to help communities of color address healthcare access disparities, say authors of a new West Virginia University study. The debate over allowing nurse practitioners to exercise FPA. “In

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 17, 2024

He describes them thus: “Cultural humility is an attitude or mindset characterized by an ongoing willingness to engage in self-reflection, self-critique, and lifelong learning about one’s own cultural biases and the cultural backgrounds of others. In his view, the importance of cultural competence and safety cannot be overstated.

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The Relentless School Nurse

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Many school nurses are simultaneously taking care of hundreds (or thousands) of students as well as our own families, including multiple generations. Self-compassion is a crucial aspect of overall well-being, particularly for those in demanding professions like school nursing. One key may be to find ways to cultivate self-compassion!

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Minority Nurse

MAY 14, 2024

To get you all caught up and ready for her guest appearance, this story is a repost of her interview with Minority Nurse from 2018. Last issue’s health policy column highlighted nursing’s increased engagement in the public policy arena. And that’s not why I went into nursing or why I did this work. This reflects your journey.

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

NURSING EDUCATION has long been associated with traditional classroom learning, supplemented with instructor-led clinical situations. Kolb’s theory of experiential learning emphasizes learning through concrete experiences, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation.

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It seems as though “authentic” was used to describe a nursing leader when I first started my nursing practice in the late 1980s, early 1990s. We were looking for a nursing leader who was “real.” When you’re your own nurse, how do you know that you’re being honest, real, true to self? Is this image real?

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The Relentless School Nurse

JULY 9, 2023

It’s been 7 years since I started my journey as The Relentless School Nurse, and what an incredible ride it has been. As I reflect on this milestone, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride and gratitude for the accomplishments we have achieved together. Wow, I can hardly believe it!

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Continuing education (CE) is required for nursing relicensure in Ohio and a number of other states. Continuing education is also required for initial and/or ongoing certification in specific areas of nursing practice. Regardless of the requirements, many nurses consider continuing education as a professional responsibility.

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American Nurse

MARCH 2, 2023

They endanger patients, can lead to costly litigation, and may damage the reputations of providers, nurses, and organizations. Nurses and management must demonstrate ongoing teamwork toward the common goal of minimizing adverse drug events (ADEs). Medication errors can occur in any setting.

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Why Continuing Education is Vital Continuing education (CE) is vital for Nurses as it allows you to stay up to date with the latest advancements and best practices in the field. CE also helps Nurses maintain professional competence and meet the requirements for licensure and certification.

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The Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 9, 2024

As school nurses, we play a pivotal role in promoting this nurturing environment too! An interpretation for school nurses from the work of Dr. Lori Desautels) Consider your health office as your nest. Reflect on what’s currently working well in your health nest. And guess what? What would you like to add or remove?

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Post University

MARCH 29, 2024

When you’re thinking about your career goals in nursing, they might include a more advanced position, such as nursing management or nursing leadership. Knowing more about leadership vs management in nursing can help you decide which path is right for you. Consider the following as you weigh your healthcare career options.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Culturally competent nursing mentorship for nursing students, nurses, or faculty often remains challenging when the mentor needs to reflect on the mentee. Nursing Mentorship. Becoming a nurse, advancing a nursing degree, or being a nursing professor all require skills and knowledge to be learned.

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American Nurse

MAY 2, 2024

Build a bridge to heal the healthcare workforce Takeaways: The crisis of trust that existed between frontline nurses and leadership before the pandemic continues to worsen with evidence of physical, emotional, and moral suffering./li> Why did I become a nurse or physician?” When trust is present, energy is expansive.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 29, 2024

Racism in nursing affects all of us—whether we have witnessed it, experienced it firsthand, or examined our own biases rooted in race. In the summer of 2022, the American Nurses Association (ANA) unanimously voted “yes” to adopt the ANA Racial Reckoning Statement. What Is Allyship?

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Continuing Education Education 106

Post University

MARCH 18, 2024

You have completed rigorous nursing coursework, clinicals, and professional exams. Now, you are ready to take the next step in your nursing career and find a job you love. First, however, you have one more hurdle to clear: the nursing interview. Still, you will want to reflect on key questions to prevent being caught off guard.

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American Nurse

APRIL 6, 2023

Takeaways: Through shared governance, nurses are encouraged to participate in organizational decision-making to satisfy professional obligations. Incorporating ethical competence and professional development into everyday nursing practice is imperative to fulfilling ethical obligations for optimal patient care.

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Relias

APRIL 17, 2024

A nursing clinical ladder program can help you retain, develop, and motivate your nursing staff. As a recognized and desirable advancement program, it can also provide a competitive advantage when recruiting new nurses for your healthcare organization. a healthcare team celebrates a nurse’s promotion.

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The Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

This is part 1 of a two-part back-to-school series… Taking pauses in our role as school nurses holds immense significance as it allows us to recharge, reflect, and provide optimal care to our students. Reflective Practice : Pausing offers us an opportunity for reflection.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It should be no question, then, that minority nurses are an invaluable resource at this time. Yet, the current state of palliative care suggests that the industry doesn’t quite reflect this. Let’s explore the intersection of minority identity and palliative care nursing. This is far more than their white counterparts.

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American Nurse

APRIL 4, 2024

The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses, as the largest group of providers in the nation, to redouble our efforts to eliminate health disparities and optimize care for pregnant people, new mothers, and their infants.

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