by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jul 8, 2015 | Critical Thinking, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Uncategorized
Interdisciplinary Rounds is a patient care improvement strategy that brings members of the care coordination team (case management and social work), members of the medical team (physicians and consultants), members of the therapy team (physical therapists and...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 22, 2015 | 12 hour vs 8 hour shifts, Nursing Scheduling, Personal Experience, Uncategorized
I have worked in a variety of settings that have allowed me to work 8 hour shifts, 10 hour shifts as well as 12 and even 16 hour shifts. After working a variety of schedules, I am able to provide pros and cons for both 8 hour shifts as well as 12 hour shifts based...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 10, 2015 | Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios
Most of us will agree that nursing greatly impacts overall patient satisfaction, and even more so, patient health outcomes. On the other hand, few of us have the understanding that the delivery of nursing practice is heavily scrutinized when these satisfaction scores...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 5, 2015 | Bullying, Nurses Matter, Nursing Chain of Command, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized
This article has been featured on Calling All Nurses, a Kaplan Test Prep blog for nursing students. Workplace bullying is often described as aggressive behaviors that may include: alienating, intimating, public humiliation or sabotaging, and are usually perpetrated by...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 3, 2015 | New York City Hospitals, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Scheduling, NYC Nursing, NYSNA, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios
New York City – The Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of – unless you happen to be a NYC nurse, or even worse, a NYC patient. Lets start by providing a little background story: I have been working with a large travel nursing agency for approximately 2...