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Multi-tasking: Not as Efficient As You Think
Multi-tasking: Not as Efficient As You Think. Here are three ways to manage multi-tasking as a nurse!
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8 Things Resilient Nurses Do Every Day
Resilient nurses. Nursing leaders want them on their nursing staff, but how do they make their nurses more resilient? Here are 8 things resilient nurses do every day.
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How to Avoid Burnout Using the Art of Nursing
How to Avoid Burnout Using the Art of Nursing. Here are three strategies that will help nurse burnout, by putting the art of nursing into action.
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10 Outstanding Examples of Art of Nursing in Practice
Here are Five Outstanding Examples of the Art of Nursing in Professional Practice.
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Build a Nursing Team You Can Be Proud Of
Healthcare Doesn't Happen in a Vacuum Although we all have had days where we feel as though we are the only one at work getting anything done, let's be honest. No one can work in healthcare alone. In fact, I was at a conference last fall and heard one of the speakers...
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Who Else Wants Healthier Workplaces?
The Heart of Healthcare Nurses provide around-the-clock care for patients and their families. As a nurse, you give of yourself to another person day in and day out. No matter where you work, whatever kind of nursing role you do, the profession of nursing itself can be...
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For Nurses on the Verge of Making a Mistake
A Nursing Mistake You are a new nurse, just six months off of orientation, working on a busy surgery unit. It is evening shift and one of your patients has a heart medication scheduled for 5 pm. You go into the room to pass the med and the patient asks you if you can...
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Why The Art of Nursing is in Decline
Why The Art of Nursing is in Decline
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Help! I Don’t Know Where My Nursing Career is Headed!
Help! I Don’t Know Where My Nursing Career is Headed!
How many nurses can say with surety where their nursing career is headed? For some there is clear trajectory towards their goals. For others, contemplating their goals is often superseded by the exhaustion they feel from the job they already have.
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5 Things Successful Nurses Do Differently
5 Things that Successful Nurses Do Differently
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Better Nurse to Patient Ratios = Less Stress? Not Necessarily.
Better Nurse to Patient Ratios = Less Stress? Not Necessarily. Many nurses cite unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios as the primary culprit behind their job stress. Last year, thousands of nurses even gathered in Washington D.C. with the purpose of calling attention to the plight of nurses and unsafe staffing ratios.
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3 Ways Nurse Leaders Can Improve Retention Rates
3 Ways Nurse Leaders Can Improve Retention Rates
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3 Tips for New Nurse Leaders to Approach the Leadership Role
You paid your dues as a nurse and are now in a leadership role. This is an exciting, and perhaps, scary time, but it doesn’t have to be the latter. A good nurse leader takes everything she has learned as a nurse and leads and inspires her team. But whether you are...
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5 Tips to Combat The Holiday Food Tray Weight Gain
It’s that time of year again when trays & tins of holiday treats start showing up on nursing units. Here are 5 strategies for avoiding holiday weight gain.
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Hit “REFRESH” on Your Nursing Career
Hit “REFRESH” on Your Nursing Career! The nursing profession has countless opportunities for nurses and shifting your career can renew your passion for this limitless career. Here are five tips for enjoying your professional practice.
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Why The Art of Nursing for Nurse’s Week?
Why The Art of Nursing for Nurse’s Week? The Art of Nursing is an online program that celebrates nurses during Nurse’s Week in a meaningful way. Educational, inspiring, and full of fun The Art of Nursing is a great gift for each and every nurse.
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