Nurses Week 2018 is rapidly approaching. May 6-12 each year is set aside to honor the nursing profession. The American Nurses Association theme for 2018 is Nurses Inspire Innovate Influence. This certainly captures nursing and what nurses do every day! It should be an easy theme to build your celebration around. Every year I hear more and more nurses grumble because nothing was done for them! I’ve been there myself, and it’s indeed very disappointing. Simple gestures go a long way to make people feel appreciated. I know way too many managers who have no idea how to make staff feel appreciated, and have no idea how to plan any…
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Couponcode.ng Honors TheNursingSIteBlog.com in Top 35 Nursing Blogs
Many thanks to Couponcode.ng for honoring TheNursingSiteBlog.com as one of the Top 35 Nursing Blogs for 2018. We are always honored and humbled to be listed among great nursing blogs. Check out their list. There are some fantastic resources.
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Seeking Sponsors for 2018 Nurses Week Give Aways
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually May 6-12. For the past nine years TheNursingSiteBlog.com has sponsored give aways to honor our nurse readers. We have had some great sponsors in the past and I’m looking for new and old sponsors to join us in celebrating nurses in 2018. Sponsors Needed If you have: a book you’d like to share a set of scrubs you can donate a gift card towards a purchase of nurse related products a course discount to offer a product to make a nurse’s life easier candy, flowers, pens, vein finders, ETC. I would love to offer you some great FREE publicity in return for your generosity. …
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Nightingale Tribute for an Angel Who Leaves Us
A couple of weeks ago an angel left us. We were very blessed to know her and to call her our friend. At her memorial service I heard the Nightingale Tribute for the first time. A colleague gave a beautiful reading in tribute to our friend. RIP Arlene. I was surprised to have not heard of this before. I have attended far too many memorials for nurses who have been friends and colleagues. In researching the Nightingale Tribute I found it had been written by a nurse for the Kansas State Nurses Association in 2003. There is a whole program from which to pick and choose such as readings, white…
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FREE ANA Webinar: Surviving Bullying
The American Nurses Association is presenting a FREE live interactive webinar on Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 1-2:30PM ET, entitled How to Survive Bullies during Your Early Years as an RN According to the email, this webinar will help you to: Recognize the common causes of bullying among nurses Spot the tactics a bully uses – it is not all in your head! Set limits: Deciding for yourself what is acceptable and what is not Open a dialog with the bully: How to bring courage and calmness to the situation Confront the bully: The best way to call-out the behavior Know when and how to escalate your concerns to your…