Category: Empowered Nurses

Each year at this special time, I get to write my favorite blog which is on The Top 10 Blogs of the year we just put behind us.  And 2021 was definitely one that we have been wanting to do away with for quite some time! What I think is so interesting is what YOU are interested in. NUMBER 10: […]

  This past summer, Medscape conducted a survey asking 10,700 LPNs, RNs, NPs, Nurse Midwives, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists about their career satisfaction. Despite the challenges that nurses have been through this past year, a third of RNs and LPNs said that the most rewarding aspect of their work was making a difference through their helping […]

Lorie Brown, R.N., M.N., J.D., interviews Personal Injury / Medical Malpractice Attorney, Amy Davis, J.D., of the Law Offices of Amy M. Davis – www.IndyInjury.law. The discussion includes what to do if you are involved in an automobile accident. They also discuss protecting and taking care of yourself, protecting your rights and don’t give in to pressure to settle early. […]

Around the country, there are 16 health organizations suspending COVID-19 injection mandates due to the litigation temporarily blocking the CMS from forcing mandates in 10 states pending the outcome of litigation. However, 13 hospitals in other states not affected by the injunction are shutting down various departments and ending services due to the lack of staff. Yet other states are […]

The Biden administration in its “Build Back Better” plan has provisions that require nursing homes to have 1 registered nurse on duty at all times.  Currently, the law is for a solitary registered nurse to be on duty for only 8 hours every day.  The plan will additionally require mandatory minimum staffing without additional compensation. Not only do we need […]

Recently, I came across an ever so interesting article in Becker’s ASC Review regarding statistics on why ambulatory surgery centers are concerned. According to a Medscape study, the hourly rate for a full-time registered nurse is $40/hour with part time R.N.’s earning $42.00 per hour.  What caught my eye was that, though they do not get the full-time benefits, part-timers […]

Not a day goes by when a nurse doesn’t ask me about the vaccine mandates, and they are choosing not to get the shot.  They are afraid for their job and don’t know what to do. The Biden Administration requested the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require mandatory COVID inoculations in workplaces having more than 100 employees. Employers […]

I hear hospitals often say, “We don’t have the budget to pay more for nurses” … “You signed up for this” … “Nursing is in your DNA; this is your calling.”  All these are excuses to avoid paying nurses the money they deserve. Yet, these healthcare facilities will pay handsomely for the services of travel nurses.  Or they will offer […]

  Last week I wrote on the topic of the Future of Nursing about the ANA article with 9 nursing leaders predicting what they saw in the future for the nursing profession.  I added my own thoughts but as I sat with this more, I have some additional thoughts to share. Certainly, coming from a business owner’s perspective, I have […]

The nursing profession is probably in the most precarious position that it ever has been.  Nurses are leaving in droves due to mandates forcing them to take “the shot.”  Some are leaving because of the incredibly increased workload thrust upon them to make up for the nursing staff shortage.  That shortage is forcing hospitals to offer huge sign-on bonuses to […]