Stressed Out Nurses

Online breathing technique program helps reduce stress in nurses and patients

Tami Swartz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:46 +0000

Nurses are well aware of the stress that comes with the job. Taking care of numerous patients atl varying levels of sickness, and dealing with many competing priorities, is enough to make anyone stressed out. Now, with the help of the BREATHE technique, nurses and patients can lower their blood pressure, heart rate, and experience [...]

RWJF senior advisor for nursing honors 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s death

SKearns — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:24:11 +0000

Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior advisor for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is spending her summer vacation doing something extraordinary. She is not spending her days soaking up the sun, or taking a cruise to Alaska. Instead she is traveling in Europe, learning about the life and work of Florence Nightingale. Throughout Hassmiller’s [...]

Nominate someone you know for the 2010 Nursing Image Awards

SKearns — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:34:28 +0000

Nominations are open for the HCPro 2010 Nursing Image Awards, which honor nurses whose leadership, teamwork, or clinical expertise embodies an image of nursing excellence and contributes to improving patient care, quality outcomes, nurse satisfaction, and the healthcare environment. HCPro is searching for nurse leaders and staff who have helped elevate the image of nursing. Awards [...]

Preserve the Image of Nursing: New TV series jeopardizes nursing image

SKearns — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:39:27 +0000

For years, nurses have been battling how the nursing profession and nurses are portrayed in the media. Having to go against the nursing stereotypes on display in programs such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House, M.D.” makes the job that much harder, as patients and families are familiar with the popular television shows. Now, nurses will have [...]

Ways to drive the complaining patient and family nuts

SKearns — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:58:07 +0000

No matter how long you are in the nursing profession, you will always have to deal with patients and the patient’s family members. When a patient is hospitalized, it can be a very difficult time for their family, causing them to become more sensitive then normal. It is important to remember how you treat the [...]

Should nurses be the ones to help patients stop smoking?

SKearns — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:15:48 +0000

Not being a nurse, I’ve never really thought about what happens when patients are admitted to the hospital and they are smokers. However, this is something that nurses and healthcare providers have to deal with all the time, and a recent survey says that many are not offering patients any help with quitting. The survey, published [...]

NC nursing students create fun patient education videos

SKearns — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:38:14 +0000

North Carolina nursing students from Duke University, Western Carolina University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte entered a competition earlier this year to produce informative patient education videos. “Get the Picture Patient Video Competition”—conducted by the Innovative Nursing Education Technologies (iNet) organization—required nursing students to create a 10-minute or less and upload the [...]

A picture is worth 1,000 words: Tell your nursing story in photos

SKearns — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:50:06 +0000

In a continuing effort to recognize nurses, the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) is requesting high quality photos that depict nurses’ work and the relationships they form with patients and families. The winning photograph will be featured in an AARP print and/or web publication. CCNA hopes to gather images of nurses across all healthcare [...]

Mother and daughter tackle nursing field together

SKearns — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:38:17 +0000

The phrase “like-mother-like-daughter” definitely pertains to Barbara Toney and Rachel Craft, who this month became the first mother and daughter pair to graduate from the Ohio University Southern (OUS) school of nursing. After receiving advice from the Lawrence County Workforce Development Resource Center, Toney and Craft decided nursing would be a good fit for the [...]

After MN nurses strike, a game of wait and see

Tami Swartz — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:43:43 +0000

On June 10, nurses from 14 Twin Cities hospitals participated in a one-day strike, the effect of which is still unknown. The disagreement is between the Minnesota Nurses Association and Twin Cities hospitals, and no one is sure who has the upper hand, reports the Star Tribune. Nurses want strict nurse-to-patient ratios, while hospitals want [...]