Morning Vitals: Where Is the Escape Hatch for Unmanageable Nursing Workloads?
by Well, I’m off to the races so far in 2020. This month has a particularly full slate of professional tasks for me. In addition to …
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Culture / Ethics / Leadership
Morning Vitals: Nursing Goals and Plans of Care a Window into Health Care Culture
I ended my last Monday morning post by asking you to consider what strengths and obstacles you might have with respect to your New Year’s …
Morning Vitals: New Year’s Resolutions to Enhance Your Nursing Career and Unify Your Personal and Work Lives
Last week, I looked ahead toward 2020 and laid out a few goals for Morning Vitals. Setting that in context, with all the talk this …
Christmas 2019: The Reason for the Season Is the Reason for Nursing and Everything Else
As I finish out my first year with Morning Vitals, I’ve been looking back at the road I’ve traveled and forward at the road ahead. …
Morning Vitals: Looking Back at My Life in Nursing in 2019
Moving swiftly to the end of this year, I’m looking back and looking forward at the same time. This week, I’ll write about my look …
Men in Nursing: Gender and Like-mindedness Are Both Important in Nursing Professional Relationships
Recently, I’ve written about the search for camaraderie among men in nursing. First, I mentioned the theme of isolation in men’s experience of the profession. …
Is the Predictability of Professional Interactions Between Men in Nursing Possible With Increased Gender Diversity?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the search for camaraderie often sought by men in nursing. In the process, I expressed the viewpoint …
Giving Thanks for Competent and Caring Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
As we approach the United States’ celebration of Thanksgiving this Thursday, I’d like to offer my gratitude to God for placing me in a society …
Beyond Physical Isolation, Men in Nursing Can Experience Longing for Camaraderie
Several years ago, I undertook a career transition from life science research to nursing. Although I graduated from an accelerated baccalaureate program, the change actually …
Should We Minimize or Accentuate the Gender Element in Nursing Interactions?
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 …
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 …