by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Feb 3, 2016 | Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios
This article was originally posted on Calling All Nurses – There are many challenges that nurses face when it comes to delivering high quality care for their patients and their family members. One of the greatest challenges that we face in today’s rapidly...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jan 27, 2016 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Critical Thinking, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Uncategorized
This blog was originally Published on Calling All Nurses – Many registered nurses find themselves being their biggest cheerleaders as they work diligently in protecting their patients from harm, empowering their patients and their family members with necessary...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jul 15, 2015 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Critical Thinking, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing School, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Student Nurse, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized
“…and you had to attend college to learn how to measure someone’s urine?” – A classic example of a response that I often receive from people who have no clue as to what my roles, responsibilities, or knowledge base consists of as a...
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 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...