Staying current in the ever-changing world of healthcare requires experienced and new nurses to embrace lifelong learning. It can often feel overwhelming to balance a demanding schedule, complex patient assignments, family life, and staying up-to-date in your specialty. The fun part is that there are several ways to remain current in your practice.  Professional Organizations […]

Although it’s crucial to understand the health disparities of the LGBTQ+ community, awareness goes beyond the knowledge that LGBTQ+ individuals  experience a higher risk of certain conditions have less access to health care, and have worse health outcomes than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts Awareness is seeing the human behind the eyes of every single person. Julie […]

I was working with a young woman recently who was so stressed out at work she quit responding to her customers. Just stopped returning emails and texts. Days of silence.  I felt horrible for her. To feel so overwhelmed that you can’t respond to your customers with a respectful response in which boundary lines are […]

“One man in his life plays many parts.” William Shakespeare Dividing life into stages — from infancy and childhood to young adult and elderly — I’ve realized that, if we’re lucky, we all will play many roles throughout our lifetimes. But jumping from infancy to old age isn’t an option. And there is no place […]

Nurses face ethical decisions daily and some hold great medical implications.  One key ethical dilemma faced by nurses is beliefs vs. empirical knowledge. When facing patient beliefs that butte up against scientific knowledge, nurses should tread gingerly.  It is always appropriate to discuss the patient’s beliefs in detail and gather as much information as you […]