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
A war exists in healthcare – a war that has been plaguing our nursing profession for more than a century. This war brings with it
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.
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
Once upon a time, the only jobs you heard about were the ones in your city. Accessing nursing information was reliant upon your fact-finding skills
Several years ago I attended an advisory board meeting. Our group, mostly hospital executives, started discussing how bullying had gotten out of hand in their
Recently a nurse confided in me, recalling her first days as a nurse. Becky found herself frazzled. She was new to the job, in the
My mom is a nervous wreck. I’m flying overseas twice this month, and one of them connects in Brussels – the location of a recent
Amani has been working as an ICU nurse for decades and has a reputation for eating students, new nurses, and new physicians for breakfast! When
Bullying Behavior Maggie was warned about Karen when she started her new job on a cardio step-down unit. Karen had worked on the
In her book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth shares her extensive research demonstrating the power of persistence and passion, in other
Disruptive behavior, bullying, incivility, disrespectful behavior, etc. all describe basically the same thing – bad behaviors that should never occur in healthcare. Although similar, there
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