Orientation 101: Definitions and Other Essential Extraneous Notes
Janice M. Morse 5 ORIENTATION 101: DEFINITIONS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL EXTRANEOUS NOTES “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I…
Creating Your Future: A Back-to-Basics Approach
Creating Your Future A Back-to-Basics Approach Many nurse managers today, in addition to operational responsibilities, are accountable for promoting collaborative practice, demonstrating evidence-based practice, and incorporating research into their…
Got Staff Meeting Nightmares? Managing Awesome Opportunities
Got Staff Meeting Nightmares? Managing Awesome Opportunities Staff meetings are an amazing medium for facilitating change. When staff groups have meaningful and positive conversations with one another, they strengthen…
From Workplace to Community: Managing Connectedness
From Workplace to Community Managing Connectedness Whether your practice setting is a nursing unit in a busy hospital, clinic, department, outpost, or the community, you may have noticed that…
Recovering the Lost Art of Nursing
Recovering the Lost Art of Nursing A cunning group of masterminds known as the “the evil-doers,” a notorious bunch consisting of the “thieves of time,” “organizational skulduggeries,” and…
Got Bullying? Managing the Sound of Silence
Got Bullying? Managing the Sound of Silence The phenomenon of bullying in nursing is not new. Yet despite policies of zero tolerance, bullying continues as an “organizational undiscussable” (Beer…
Mission Impossible? Creating Work–Life Harmony
Mission Impossible? Creating Work–Life Harmony Recent research reveals that work–life balance—long considered an almost impossible goal—is, in fact, achievable, and that harmony at work and home can be obtained…
Got Attitude? Managing the Good, the Okay, and the Downright Ugly!
Got Attitude? Managing the Good, the Okay, and the Downright Ugly! It is an interesting fact of work life that many staff members believe their attitude at work is…
Top 10 Fast Facts for Thriving in a Changing Workplace (and 12 More for Managing It!)
Top 10 Fast Facts for Thriving in a Changing Workplace (and 12 More for Managing It!) Thriving in a changing workplace does not happen by chance. In a…
Got Gap? Managing the Intergenerational Workplace
Got Gap? Managing the Intergenerational Workplace The complexities of today’s changing world of work become more interesting with the presence of at least four generations in the workplace. Managing…
