Category: Empowered Nurses

Do you have an attitude of gratitude?  Do you even know what one is? To be successful in your nursing practice, you have to be grateful for what you have.  By no means am I saying that if you have a positive attitude that your life will be perfect.  But it certainly does help make things better. Are you complaining […]

Guest Article by Danielle Watson Outside of the unofficial profession of Mother, I can’t think of any job that attracts more people who naturally care about others the way nursing does. Although all nurses share the common thread of being natural caregivers, beyond that they are as varied as the scrubs they wear…or are they? I know there are male […]

I know many people will disagree with me but I believe whether or not to have your own malpractice insurance is a personal choice.  Under the law, an employer is responsible for the actions of their employees if the action occurred within the scope of their practice.  This means that if your forgot to do something you were supposed to […]

When a nurse comes to me for representation before the Licensing Board, each one of them has said “I am a good nurse and never thought I would have to appear before the Board.” I wondered why these nurses found themselves in this position and started noticing commonalities in those I represented. Each one was very caring and dedicated to […]

I attended a four-day event about breaking free of the rules that stop you from having the life that you want to lead. When I first had the idea to have an organization for nurses that would empower them, it was really scary to me because I usually help people one-on-one but to help an entire profession was a little […]

Do you ever think “you can’t fight city hall” or that change is not possible? Hospitals will always be the way they are.  If I say something, they won’t listen.  You may want to rethink your thinking.  Change can happen and begins with one person. You may have read my recent article about lessons learned from MTV’s “Scrubbing In” program. […]

I am so excited to share this really cool resource with you.  Recently, I was at the Sigma Theta Tau Conference in Indianapolis where I picked up a book titled “The Nerdy Nurse’s Guide To Technology.”  I love the term “nerdy nurse.”  The Nerdy Nurse is actually Brittney Wilson, RN who has a really interesting story about her nursing past […]

Beth Jasper, a registered nurse at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati was one of the few nurses at that facility who was certified to work on the dialysis machines in the bone marrow transplant unit.  In 2011, Jewish Hospital came under the ownership of Mercy Health Partners of Southwest Ohio and subsequently made staffing cuts.  Beth’s working hours routinely and significantly exceeded the […]

There are always going to be people who are smarter, healthier, skinnier and wealthier than you.  The only equalizer is time.  We all have 24 hours in a day.  Time is the only equal playing field. It is what we do with those two dozen hours that separates us as individuals.  Couple that thought with a study in England that […]

  When I learned MTV was to air the show titled “Scrubbing In,” I was not sure what to expect.  I thought it would be great to have a program that would accurately depict what nurses actually do.  However, once I learned it was a reality TV show, I had some genuine concerns. I don’t like to say anything negative […]