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Renee’s Top Blog Reviews From 2016

Professional Development

Renee’s Top Blog Reviews From 2016

It’s always fun to do a “year in review” at this time of year. I look at all of my social stats: number of new subscribers, Facebook likes, Twitter followers, LinkedIn connections, and YouTube subscribers....
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Enjoy Your Healthcare Family over the Holidays!

  Most nurses enter the profession knowing that you have to work the holidays. Working the holidays can be annoying, and everyone knows that coworker who truly HATES working the holiday. With the right attitude,...
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Workplace Incivility: The Slow Death of the Nursing Profession

Workplace Incivility is a big problem everywhere, not just in the nursing profession! Incivility is defined as rude or unsociable speech or behavior. Someone cuts in front of you while you’ve been waiting in line...
Professional Development

5 Ways to Become a Research Literate Nurse

I have to admit. As a new nurse, I never really liked research or had any aspirations of conducting my own. When required to read research articles, my eyesight would get blurry as I read...
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CREATING A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT ONE ACT OF KINDNESS AT A TIME

One of the most common complaints I hear from nurses is that the atmosphere and culture on their unit is so negative. Nobody smiles, nobody says hello, nobody says good things – everything is so...
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Gratitude Stops: Communities Are Asked, “What Are You Grateful For?”

Gratitude is more than feeling thankful; it's expressing it! Those who feel and express gratitude for what they have and the relationships they experience have proven benefits for themselves. Gratefulness should be experienced by every single person,...
Professional Development

Developing Clinical & Professional Competence in the Nursing Arena

This is what I know about patients: They don’t care if you’ve been a nurse for 1 month, 1 year, 10 years, or 100. They don’t care if you have a diploma, an associate’s degree,...
Professional Development

5 Conflict Resolution Strategies for Savvy Nurse Managers

According to Forbes Magazine,  managers spend between 25 and 40 percent of their time dealing with conflict. Helping your team to resolve conflict is not as difficult as one may think. Effective conflict resolution has...