School Nurses: A 'Hidden Health Care System' Find a Voice
"Finding our voices in nursing and in school nursing was never more important than during COVID. There are more than 4 million nurses in our country. It should have not taken a pandemic for the nation to understand the importance and impact of nurses, but here we are. Let's leverage our numbers, our contributions, and our importance in all aspects of nursing practice."
A Time to Heal: Taking a Break from Nursing After a Cancer Diagnosis
"Most nurses I know enjoy Nurses Week as an acknowledgment of the very important work we do every day, Nurses' Week can also be an opportunity to think about our own needs, or to practice "self-care", a term I find problematic because I worry it has become one of those ideas that nurses get blamed for the absence of, as in, a nurse is stressed on the job because he hasn't done his "self-care."
RN Resiliency Humor, Hounds, and Holistic Medicine
"How can I keep a healthy attitude, a war heart, continuous focus, and a genuine nurse smile?" The answer for me has been humor, hounds, and holistic medicine approaches."