This post is part of a collaboration with other nurse bloggers through The Nurse Blog Carnival. Keith and Kevin from RNFM Radio are hosting this months enlightening round which will be posted on 4/15/14. Collaboration in nursing is a term that can sound overwhelming and off-putting to many. In truth it’s probably something that you do everyday without even thinking about it. It’s not necessary for every situation, but when it is needed, the outcomes can be compromised if nurses are unwilling or unable to participate. If you stop and think about it, physicians have been collaborating for forever. When the generalist needs advice about a specific problem he calls…
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Focus on Quality by Focusing on Evidence Based Nursing Practice in the Onboarding Process
Health care has gone through many paradigm shifts in the past few years with focus on quality and containing the skyrocketing costs. As many more citizens find access to health care and insurance (7.1 million signed up under the Affordable Care Act) and the Baby Boom generation moves into the later stages of life, many more challenges will be felt by the industry. The focus has changed from a sick care delivery system to a wellness system. Patients are charged with the responsibility for their own health status and to do this they need education. That education has to include not only disease management and medication reconciliation, but specific instructions…
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Why Nurses Aren’t Being Hired from New Grad to Experienced Nurse
There is an excellent article today on Scrubs Magazine Weekly Best. It’s a frank discussion with HR about why they didn’t hire nurses and provides a great checklist of the top reasons for not hiring candidates. Anyone looking for that new or next job should take a long hard look. Just a few years back nurses were writing their own ticket to almost any job they wanted because employers were desperate to hire nurses and sometimes just a warm body would do. Today the scene has changed radically and employers can be and are being very choosy. Year after year nurses have been voted by the Gallup Poll to be…
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Another Great Recognition
It is always an honor to be recognized by ones peers. The Nursing Site Blog has once again been recognized. This time by eMedCert.com as one of their Top 10 Nursing Blogs for 2014. Thanks so much.