As nurses, the well-being of our patients depends on our precision and accuracy. However, when it comes to running our own business, the pursuit of perfection can be a double-edged sword. First, is there really such a thing as perfection or are you setting yourself up for an unrealistic expectation? Remember when we first became nurses and hit the […]
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Were you aware that the CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was paid $7,700,000.00 in 2021? And got a bonus of $5,600,000.00 to boot? That’s more than the hospital had provided in all charity offerings over the previous three years! That package averaged to over a quarter million ($256,000.00) a week; almost $6,400.00 an hour! When I first heard […]
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At the University of Wisconsin, the nurses are unionized. Unfortunately, a year ago Governor Tony Evers stepped in to negotiate a deal to avert a strike at the UW Health hospital in Madison. The union for the nurses wants UW Health to provide greater pay transparency and to remove salary caps. One of Wisconsin’s US Senators will be speaking to […]
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Lex Hinkley, RN, BSN, a traveling nurse posted a video on TikTok that has gone viral. I don’t know her though we both live in San Diego. Regardless, she is very upset and concerned about the safety of our patients. Patients are being discharged from health care facilities with no place to go. The nurse talked about how these […]
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I was so excited to see that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities. This proposed rule seeks to establish comprehensive nursing staffing requirements. I love this initiative because residents in nursing homes are not always given the best care due to short staffing. Although there are requirements that facilities […]
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