• Catch Up Friday: New Apps, Workshops and Books for Nurses

    It’s catch up Friday again…. We have a host of new books, apps and workshops for nurses. Next week Sept 30 and Oct 1 (Tues & Wed) the IOM is holding a workshop on The Future of Home Health Care: A Workshop in Washington DC. You can view it LIVE for FREE without having to travel. See details on the IOM website. Home health care promises to be one of the fastest growing employment for nurses. You can find out more about home health care nursing from my website HomeHealth101.com. TheJoyCE continuing education tracker app is now available from the CEU Group to help you keep track of all of…

  • Top 100 Nursing Blogs

    Once again I am humbled by the peer recognition for this blog. Thanks so much for the honor and the kind words. Please check out the list. There are some really great blogs on it. window.amznpubstudioTag = “daretodreampr-20”;

  • HCAHPS Score — Focus From Day One

    Do you understand what HCAHPS scores are and why they are important to your job? Or do you only know that your supervisor brings the scores to staff meetings and yells at you to improve?! Your HCAHPS Score should be a focus from day one of your employment, but you need to know why. Google Images The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a sophisticated and nationally standardized patient satisfaction survey which bench marked against hospitals all over the country and is publicly reported . This means a patient who is looking to find the very best option for his or a loved one’s care is…