Coworkers

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Does your nurse manager see you as confident?

Questioning yourself is normal. But if you compare yourself to your preceptor, who has several more years of experience, you’re only going to drive yourself crazy.

The battle against burnout

The battle against burnout

Death and disease may be all in a day’s work, but they can take a terrible toll on your soul. Although it’s never easy, sometimes just the simple pleasures of life off the floor can provide the perfect antidote.

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Do we need HIPAA—for coworkers?

Sure, there are rules about patient privacy. But what about when our friends and associates count on us to keep their trusted information from becoming public knowledge?

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Memo from a nurse: Why is Nurses Week so weak?

Good thing Nurses Week isn’t my morning coffee. It’s so weak! Why does this celebration keep getting watered down?

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The yellowstained blues of a cocky resident

This is a (true) story about how a YBCA (young, brash, cocky and arrogant doctor) became his own worst enemy. Chuckle if you must.

Nursing a marriage: Married to the doctor

Nursing a marriage: Married to the doctor

“Working with your husband is a delicate dance, more boogie than ballet.”

Doctors love nurses

Doctors love nurses

They may not express it often, but physicians do appreciate you—very much! It’s just nice to hear it again and again.

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How to prepare for a workplace romance

The dating scene mixing with the working scene. We all have come across it, heck some of us may have even tried it! Do you think cupid has a place at work?

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Can nurses have fun without risking it all?

As a nurse, I’ve become socially gun-shy. Am I being extreme? Or am I being conscientious?

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There is no “15-minute rule” in nursing

I’m wondering if there is a “courtesy” time frame when awaiting a return phone call from a licensed provider who was contacted by pager?

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Remembering the annual ‘New Residents Day’

The first of July used to be a date which forever lived in infamy for nurses who work in teaching hospitals…

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The freedom to choose your own health?

Is it okay for a hospital to forbid the use of legal substances such as tobacco by employees on their own time?

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Why physicians lack confidence in nurses

There’s an inherent problem with the performance and responsibility of our profession: No two nurses have the same function.

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Can you hear me now?

Does anyone else have problems getting to speak with a Real Live Person anymore?

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Addressing the dress code double standard

Lately I’ve been wondering if the licensed providers (physicians, PAs, NPs) have ever heard the saying “dress for success.” And, if they have heard the saying before, what happened?