This is the key quality for any health care provider

Physician
June 5, 2015

Often I hear comments from people who have been treated for cancer and other illnesses talking about the things they wish they knew, or things they wish their doctors would have shared with them about their treatments or conditions.

I don’t have to remind anyone there is a tremendous amount of anxiety and fear when you are diagnosed with cancer or any other perceived or potentially life-threatening illness.

Our health care system has …

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This is the key quality for any health care provider

Differences between banning bossy and true leadership in health care

Health Policy
April 5, 2014

There’s been a lot of hype about the “Ban Bossy” campaign in the news lately, and the talk is all over the map. I was thinking about it in regards to health care, especially nursing, since nurses are notoriously “bossy,” or at least referred to as such.

I can remember being a nursing student and talking with a physician about a patient during my clinicals. He told me, “You …

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Differences between banning bossy and true leadership in health care

Nurses are too afraid to speak up in their organizations and be vocal

Health Policy
September 29, 2013

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I recently saw an article about Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s nursing staff.

The administration there came up with the brilliant idea of cutting back on the housekeeping staff and making nurses do some of the cleaning, though it’s not specified how much. Nurses would be expected to take out the trash and linens, and mop up spot cleans on the floors, among other things.

They …

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Nurses are too afraid to speak up in their organizations and be vocal

We need a new way to value the work of nurses

Health Policy
May 8, 2013

Ask a nurse about Nurses’ Week, and you’ll likely get a snarky answer. The sweets designed to obesify already unhealthy nurses are intended to kill them off so they can bring in a whole new crop, as they’ll be cheaper than the old experienced ones.

We need a national initiative to start giving out coupons during Nurses’ Week for plastic surgery to have smiles permanently stuck on our faces.

Nurses like to …

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We need a new way to value the work of nurses