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Bridging the Gap Between Millennial Nurses and Boomers

Bullying

Bridging the Gap Between Millennial Nurses and Boomers

Millennials and boomers; they're different, right? Right. However, different isn't always a bad thing! Especially in nursing where we can use our differences to better treat our patients. Let me explain. Almost every time I get...
Professional Development

4 Truths About Nurse Heroes

When the public refers to nurses as heroes, many of us don’t believe them. Heroes, after all, are those who are saving lives, who are running INTO a burning building while other people are running...
Bullying

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLYING & INCIVILITY

I frequently get asked by organizations to help them eliminate workplace bullying. The conversations we have are always about BULLYING – the physicians bullying the nurses, the nurses bullying each other and the support staff,...
Professional Development

L.E.A.D. a Difficult Patient Towards Respect

We know that nurses experience bad behaviors from co-workers. But what do we do when the insults, unreasonable demands and bad behaviors come from patients? Patient and visitor bullying and violence is on the rise!!...
Bullying

Should a Manager Protect Employees from Bullying Coworkers?

Kelly was a hardworking new nurse but was yelled at and criticized constantly, blamed for things she didn’t do, and deliberately set up to fail by her bullying coworkers. This unit had a reputation of...
Professional Development

ENDING THE SHIFT WARS IN NURSING

A war exists in healthcare – a war that has been plaguing our nursing profession for more than a century. This war brings with it injuries and casualties. This war is well known but rarely...
Professional Development

Caring for Patients and Others, Are They Nourished?

Eating out can be a nightmare for me and anyone brave enough to join me. I don’t eat meat AND I have crazy DEATH allergies. I’m allergic to sesame seeds/sesame oil, tree nuts, quinoa, and...
Professional Development

3 KEYS TO DEVELOPING ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

It’s no secret that even as professionals, we encounter ineffective communication skills every day. We can see it in our co-workers who give us the cold shoulder or silently storm around the unit/department. We can...