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  During the pandemic, several institutions had to resort to what is called “crisis staffing.” This is when facilities find themselves operating under extreme circumstances such as emergencies, disasters or overburdening situations such as pandemics and they are required to change circumstances. A number of hospitals have experienced examples of crisis staffing including Penn Medicine. At Penn, when there is […]

I have had the privilege to study with some of the best coaches on the planet including Tony Robbins. Tony told the story of a man named Mel Fisher. In 1969, Mel thought that he knew where the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon, could be found. The ship had carried a treasure worth an estimated […]

Well, it happened with RaDonda Vaught and now, there is another nurse who has been charged with murder. This past May, a Lexington, Kentucky nurse, 52-year-old Eyvette Hunter, was charged with the murder of James Morris, a 97-year-old World War II and Korean veteran and patient at Baptist Health. Nurse Hunter allegedly administered Ativan that she reportedly had taken from […]

What are your biggest concerns about being a nurse? I bet it’s the feeling that there’s not enough time, not enough resources, not enough staff, not enough support, etc. All of these are based in lack. Unfortunately, hospitals want you to be in lack. They want to keep you in fear so you will stay. They want you to be […]

Many states have statutes to protect whistleblowers in the medical field. However, there was an interesting matter where a hospital nurse, licensed and working in a Texas hospital reported a situation to CPS (Child Protective Services), she was terminated 2 weeks later. The hospital nurse was assigned to work with a pediatric neurologist. One young patient, whose divorced parents shared […]

I have written previously about the concept of “hospital at home.”  I read in a recent issue of Becker’s Hospital Review an interview with Michelle Mahon who is the Assistant Director of Nursing Practice at National Nurses United. Ms. Mahon expressed concerns, as have I, about hospitals at home. Did you ever have a patient who you knew, by the […]

Since the onset of the pandemic, the pay rates for travel nurses have doubled.  However, federal money for COVID-19 has dried up because there are far fewer hospitalizations for the disease.  As a result, the need for travel nurses has decreased by one third. In addition, some travel nurses are starting new contracts to only find out that the arrangement […]

“There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.” – Thich Nhat Hanh A couple of years ago I conducted an Empowered Nurses Boot Camp.  One of the challenges we undertook in that camp was to avoid any complaining.  When we complain, we attract more complaints.  How can you possibly be happy if you are complaining or in […]

I own 4 successful businesses for which I am the CEO of each.  When I am about to take an action, I won’t ask myself, “What would I do?”  Rather, I ask, “What would Jeff Bezos or Tony Robbins do?  Both men are remarkably successful CEOs of a number of businesses. When we make decisions from where we are, we […]