Category: Empowered Nurses

With the continuing nursing shortage, it is estimated that one in four Hoosier nurses will be retiring by the end of the decade.  This is happening in all states.  Some states have chosen to provide $125 million to lure students into the profession.  Other states provide a living allowance alongside child care benefits.   House Bill 1259 was introduced in Indiana […]

I do home IV therapy which provides me nutrition and hydration.  I was surprised when I was asked to pay there was a spot to tip the nurse.  While the service was outstanding, I had never thought about tipping a professional. It’s like saying thanks doc for the appendectomy now here is a tip. As healthcare professionals, our primary duty […]

Recently, there have been 2 nurses on social media that discussed the financial difficulties.  One of the nurses lives in his van which he revamped to include a bed, micro kitchen, toilet and solar on the roof.  It is concerning that nurses have this level of stress when it comes to finances.  Nurses are the hardest working people on the […]

When I first started my business, I could not afford to hire anyone to help with the administrative aspects of running a business.  Once I was able to grow, I hired part time assistants.  They would work for maybe a year to a year and a half and then they would move on.  This happened over and over and it […]

As nurses, we feel like we have to do everything ourselves.  We are conditioned that if we ask for help, somehow, we are weak. We are also conditioned that if we speak up, we will get in trouble and some of us may not be conditioned but have a fear of speaking up.    In the dynamic and challenging world of […]

I hear from so many nurses that they are working short staffed and in dangerous conditions.  For example, some nurses are asked to falsify charting, others complain about how they are treated by administration and coworkers and there are many other troublesome situations. If you are working in a toxic work environment, please consider leaving.  As I often say, you […]

If someone wants to talk to you and calls your cell phone, you can ignore the phone call and send it to voicemail. If they want to talk in person, we don’t need to answer the door. However, when it comes to your employer, the police or an investigator, we feel obligated to talk. Just know, you have the right […]

  There have been two different notable criminal matters against EMTs. The first involved Elijah McClain of Colorado, a massage therapist who apparently was in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Police noticed he was listening to music on his headphones and thought he appeared suspicious and stopped him and used a control technique, kind of like a carotid […]

  Imagine the horror of learning that the Nursing School from which you graduated gave you a Diploma without proper training.  There you are doing quite well in your job and suddenly you find that your License is about to be revoked because you did not attend a properly licensed School! That is exactly what happened in Florida’s Palm Beach […]

As you and other readers probably know, I have frequently brought up issues regarding the case of Former Registered Nurse RaDonda Vaught who not only had her license revoked but was put on trial following a fatal medication error of administering vecuronium to a patient rather than the prescribed Versed. In the trial she faced a possible eight-year prison term […]