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CNO Roundtable 2024Question 6: Connecting With NursesWhat are your most effective ways of connecting with your nurses to understand their priorities and concerns?Wendy Cortez / Kaiser Permanente Irvine Medical Center We have various channels for nurses to voice their concerns, including surveys that collect aggregate data about workplace trends and venues for face-to-face connection, such as staff meetings,...
Healthy Workforce3 Steps to a More Positive WorkplaceTry these practical tips to dial back the negativity on your unitLara was an ambitious and motivated recent graduate who began her nursing career excited about patient care and full of admiration for the nursing profession. However, her enthusiasm was quickly drained by the overwhelming negativity she experienced in...
My SpecialtyLabor & Delivery, Gayane Cherechyan, Adventist Health GlendaleCare and advocacy for new moms and babiesGayane Cherechyan, RN, BSN Lead Charge Nurse/ Relief Shift Supervisor Labor & Delivery Adventist Health Glendale Please tell us the story of your nursing career journey. When I was nine years old, my mom was in the hospital for five months. She...

Nursing Education

Nursing Book ClubEverything I Have Is Yours by Eleanor HendersonA vivid portrait of a marriage strained to the breaking point by chronic illnessForty years ago, when I was a nursing student, we learned the phrase “We are bio-psycho-social-sexual beings,” which was a new concept at the time. It seems that all these decades later, we are still trying to figure out what implications that...
FeatureBeyond BedsideThree hospital nursing roles that don’t involve direct patient carePhotos above: Jimmy Sariya, Amin Hasan, Henry Ansorie, Becky Mendez. While patient care remains at the heart of nursing, today’s healthcare organizations also need nurses’ expertise in a diverse array of non-bedside roles. This important work...
FeatureThe Zhytomyr Hospital ChallengeA hospital in Ukraine is in crisis. Thank you for supporting a good cause.LAST FALL, I met Olena Svetlov, RN, DNP, CNS, a Ukrainian-born nurse I connected with on LinkedIn, at a Ukrainian restaurant in Playa del Rey. I intended to interview her for a profile in Working Nurse. But by the time the check came, a different — and...

RN Career Events

Nursing Book ClubThe Black Angels by Maria SmiliosThe Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure TuberculosisIn 2015, Maria Smilios was a biomedical editor at Springer Publishing when she stumbled upon the statement, “The cure for tuberculosis was found at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island.” Intrigued, Smilios spent seven years researching the full story...
Healthy WorkforceCan a Bully Be “Too Good” to Lose?Don’t let clinical skill become a free pass for bad behaviorTanya was an experienced nurse known for her exceptional clinical skills, and equally notorious for her toxic behavior. She often used a sharp, condescending tone with coworkers, openly criticizing them in front of others, and even sabotaged colleagues’...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsWill RN Staffing Ratios Go National?What a federal staffing mandate could mean for CaliforniaCalifornia has mandated minimum nurse staffing ratios for more than 20 years, but proposed federal rules could mean changes for our state too. Here’s what California nurses should know. HR-2530 and S-1113 The ANA recently endorsed HR-2530 and S-1113,...

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