Chasing the elusive flu shot-are pharmacists the answer?

Infomercials, RNs, and Aqua-Globes

Global Warming - What does this mean for nurses?

Five Reasons to Be Thankful This Year
Like many families, mine is large, complex, and tends to travel in different directions over the Thanksgiving holiday. When my girls arrived home from college last weekend, we gathered for a special family moment before the Thanksgiving road trips began. But Thanksgiving is not just a time to focus on family – it is also an opportunity for reflection. So, I took some time to reflect on the nursing profession and want to share my top five reasons for being thankful this year. I am thankful for my nurse colleagues who have offered to check in on my girls while they ar

what in the world is a nursing career consultant?
Have you ever heard of a nursing career consultant? I am Emma Soy, Rn a Nursing Career Consultant. Looking at my title, you might be asking yourself what in the world is a nursing career consultant? The thing that you might not know about me is that until a few years ago, I did not even know what a nursing career consultant do until I met a very successful young lady in her early 30’s who introduced me to her career consultant, and explained to me how she turned from a plain business degree student with an MBA to the extraordinary person that she was at such an early age with the help of her career consultant. Since that day, my life has never been the

Still Seeking Respect?
Nurses often cite respect as a key component of retention, job satisfaction, and the delivery of safe patient care. Although as nurses, we want respect, when asked to define the term or describe what respect looks like to us, we are unable to do so. Several months ago, I invited nurses to participate in the Respect Project’s survey as they work toward developing an operational definition of respect for the profession. You might be interested to know that Dr. Beth Ulrich, one of the leaders of the project, will share the latest findings from the "Respect Project" and discuss next steps in their work during a webinar being held on November 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm (ET

One Strategy to Support Tomorrow's Nurse Leaders
Although nurse vacancy rates are currently low (due to the economic recession) and nurses are finding it more difficult to find jobs, we are still facing a severe nursing shortage. According to Peter Buerhaus’ projections, we will continue to experience a shortage of registered nurses reaching 260,000 by 2025. As our schools of nursing strive to produce ne

Mercy Me!
Bear with me as I deliver another critical commentary on the latest series starring TV RNs. Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe were bad enough, but at least they aired on cable to a limited audience. Mercy, a prime-time show that premiered Sept. 22, appears on NBC, a major network, free of charge. The main character, Veronica, played by Taylor Schilling, carries enough personal baggage to warrant a separate series about her emotional life. An Iraqi War veteran with post traumatic stress disorder, Veronica is being treated for depression, drinking too much, mouthing off at work, dealing with an off-again, on-again marriage, living with alcoholic parents, and confl