How do we manage in uncertain times?
As the early months of a new political landscape unfold, there are many concerns about the future direction of health care and other issues important…
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Transparency and accountability in nurse staffing
Organizational transparency and accountability have come to represent efforts to measure and hold providers responsible for their actions through accessible and often comparative channels. Along with…
The ethic of responsibility
The idea of the common good is an ancient concept, going all the way back to Aristotle, Plato, and Cicero. What exactly is it? The…
What works: Code green prevents workplace violence
Over the public-announcement system at our inner-city, 500-bed hospital you hear, “Code Green, Main 5, Room 506.” That’s probably not a code you’ve heard…
ANA’s Health Risk Appraisal: Three years later
What have we learned in the 3 years since ANA launched the HealthyNurse® Health Risk Appraisal (HRA)? Since November 2013, more than 13,500 RNs and…
No time like the present to get healthy
This month, ANA rolls out a new yearlong initiative focused on helping every nurse be a healthy nurse. Why? Good health is good for…
Breaking down diversability barriers to improve patient well-being
Many of us make assumptions based on a person’s appearance, behavior, our personal experiences, and what we believe that person might be thinking. But…
Uncertainty, confusion, and the ACA
John C. Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States, said, “The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment…
Protecting failing kidneys: What to teach your patients
Mary Kean* is a 62-year-old woman who has had hypertension for the last 30 years. She has not taken her medicine routinely because, as…
Autonomy and the patient’s right to choose falls prevention
You know from your experience that some patients will choose not to call for help before getting up from a bed, chair, or toilet,…
A kinder, gentler workplace, part 3: The generation gap
“We shall a new rule of life make: a little kinder than is necessary be.” Yoda-speak for a famous quote from Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie…
A kinder, gentler workplace, part 2: Impatience
When I was a nursing student making rounds with a surgeon, he decided to remove a patient’s stitches. I hurried to the treatment room for a sterile…
How do we manage in uncertain times?
As the early months of a new political landscape unfold, there are many concerns about the future direction of health care and other…
Transparency and accountability in nurse staffing
Organizational transparency and accountability have come to represent efforts to measure and hold providers responsible for their actions through accessible and often comparative channels.…
The ethic of responsibility
The idea of the common good is an ancient concept, going all the way back to Aristotle, Plato, and Cicero. What exactly is…
What works: Code green prevents workplace violence
Over the public-announcement system at our inner-city, 500-bed hospital you hear, “Code Green, Main 5, Room 506.” That’s probably not a code…
ANA’s Health Risk Appraisal: Three years later
What have we learned in the 3 years since ANA launched the HealthyNurse® Health Risk Appraisal (HRA)? Since November 2013, more than 13,500…
No time like the present to get healthy
This month, ANA rolls out a new yearlong initiative focused on helping every nurse be a healthy nurse. Why? Good health is…
Breaking down diversability barriers to improve patient well-being
Many of us make assumptions based on a person’s appearance, behavior, our personal experiences, and what we believe that person might be…
Uncertainty, confusion, and the ACA
John C. Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States, said, “The interval between the decay of the old and the formation…
Protecting failing kidneys: What to teach your patients
Mary Kean* is a 62-year-old woman who has had hypertension for the last 30 years. She has not taken her medicine routinely…
Autonomy and the patient’s right to choose falls prevention
You know from your experience that some patients will choose not to call for help before getting up from a bed, chair,…
A kinder, gentler workplace, part 3: The generation gap
“We shall a new rule of life make: a little kinder than is necessary be.” Yoda-speak for a famous quote from Peter Pan creator…
A kinder, gentler workplace, part 2: Impatience
When I was a nursing student making rounds with a surgeon, he decided to remove a patient’s stitches. I hurried to the treatment room for…
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