The American Nurses Association theme for Nurses Week 2016 is Culture of safety, it starts with YOU. Nurses Week is May 6-12 each year. The ANA is offering a FREE Webinar. Register now to attend “Culturally Congruent Care; Why Diversity makes a Difference.“ Check back here every day May 6-12 for some great Give-Aways from The Nursing Site Blog. And if you’d like to get some recognition for your nursing-related products, contact me about adding your product(s) to the Give-Away list. Gift cards for purchasing your item(s), books, socks, scrubs, courses, etc., all make great Give-Away items. You’ll get exposure through all of the Nursing Site social media as well…
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Time Management Skills Ebook from Kathy Quan
Time management skills are not easily taught in nursing school. Often because nursing students may be assigned only 1-3 patients at a time, and this barely approaches the real world scenarios that new grads are thrust into. (And remain for the duration.) Organizational skills are the heart of the process of managing time, and if you are not organized, you will never manage your time effectively and efficiently. Communication is another key element and inherent in effective communication is listening as well as speaking. Communication is an art that requires constant practice. And the third major point is expecting the unexpected which is almost a guarantee every single shift in…
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Check Out Improvoscopy:Serious Play for Safe Care
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to an innovative program currently under development from Beth Boynton RN MS of Confident Voices in Healthcare. Improvoscopy: Serious Play for Safe Care is a program designed to utilize medical improv activities to educate nurses and other healthcare professionals using a FREE “online library for the healthcare workforce designed to promote emotional intelligence (EQ) and interpersonal skills! There isn’t much of this training in medical and nursing schools and the skills are essential for working together in teams and providing care that is heartfelt and safe!” Improvoscopy: Serious Play for Safe Care is in the funding stages. You can view demos…
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Documentation Help for Nurses and Home Health Professionals
Documentation is a common issue for many nurses. It’s an absolute necessity wherever you practice. And we all learned in Nursing 101 that if you don’t chart it, you didn’t do it! It’s a legal issue and it’s a nursing issue for continuity of care. How often have you gone in to follow another nurse and felt uncomfortable because it isn’t clear in the chart what was done, what was given and/or what education was provided; never mind what the outcomes were?! Patient safety is left at risk. Precious time is wasted re-inventing the wheel in a system where a shortage of staff can not afford to waste any time!…
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Staying Safe at Work
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