Should We Minimize or Accentuate the Gender Element in Nursing Interactions?
by If you’re a nurse, you know something of the variety of life situations into which nurses are positioned to speak and intervene. Nurses are often …
Author: Brad Poteat BSN, MS, RN
Men in Nursing Should Be Just as Willing as Women to Do the “Dirty Jobs” Like Wound and Ostomy Care
In August, I wrote about misidentification of non-physician health care professionals (HCPs) as physicians and how it may relate to the establishment of professional identity …
Culture / Ethics / Leadership
Event Reporting Systems and Failure to Embrace Inter-Professional Cooperation in Health Care
Health care professionals (HCPs) learn early in their careers that most HCPs as well as the populations they serve live under a general paradigm in …
Personal Reflections on Gender Bias in Nursing Education
The other day, I received my October 2019 print edition of American Nurse Today, the official journal of American Nurses Association. In the Healthy Nurse …
ISNA 2019 Annual Convention Resolution #2: Regarding Surgical Smoke Evacuation Legislation
Lately, I’ve mentioned the two resolutions adopted at the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) Annual Convention on September 20, 2019, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Coverage of …
ISNA 2019 Annual Convention Resolution #1: Understanding the Impact of Firearms on Public Health
Two resolutions were adopted at the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) Annual Convention on September 20, 2019, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The first pertained to the …
Indiana State Nurses Association 2019 Annual Convention in Brief
As I mentioned this past Friday, I attended the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a new experience for …
Looking Forward to the Indiana State Nurses Association 2019 Annual Convention
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, on Friday, September 20, I’ll be attending the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. …
Irony in the Nursing Dilemma Between Patients and Productivity
This past week, I wrote about some aspects of the dilemmas and no-win situations nurses face frequently. Ultimately, I framed the discussion in terms of …
Anthropology / Career / Culture / Ethics
Nurses Walk a Fine Line Between Patients and Productivity
One of the most glaringly obvious truths I’ve seen played out repeatedly is that nurses in an acute care setting are continuously thrust into no-win …
Observing a New Man in Nursing Taking an Early Step Toward Establishing a Professional Identity
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of establishing a professional identity as a man in nursing. In that post, I related my …
Healthy Ideological Pluralism in Nursing Relies on High-Quality Leadership
Lately I’ve been writing about my personal search for a deeper ideological pluralism in nursing. A couple of weeks ago, I started with a brief …