Little Nurse that Could: Inspiring Quotes from Working RNs

Little Nurse that Could: Inspiring Quotes from Working RNs

by | May 3, 2017 | Inspirational, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Nursing School, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success

  Along with the many challenges RNs face come immeasurably more benefits. Each month, we check in with nurses to see what drives and inspires them to compassionately care for their clients. After all, RNs deserve to be recognized and celebrated for their hard...
Cultural Competence in Nursing: Part 2

Cultural Competence in Nursing: Part 2

by | Apr 3, 2017 | Cultural Competence, Graduate Studies, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse

In today’s global healthcare system, nurses provide care for people from all different backgrounds and cultures. It is very important that nurses take the time to get to know their patients’ cultural and religious considerations so that they may quickly build a strong...
Cultural Competence in Nursing: Part 1

Cultural Competence in Nursing: Part 1

by | Mar 11, 2017 | Cultural Competence, NCLEX-RN, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing School, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Uncategorized

In today’s global healthcare system, nurses provide care for people from all different backgrounds and cultures. It is very important that nurses take the time to get to know their patients’ cultural and religious considerations so that they may quickly build a strong...
Value-Based Purchasing and Nursing: Part 1

Value-Based Purchasing and Nursing: Part 1

by | Jan 13, 2017 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Nurses Matter, Nursing Ethics, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Uncategorized

One of the greatest challenges we face in healthcare today is the ability to balance healthcare quality with low costs. With current changes in healthcare reimbursement, there is a focused effort on moving to value based purchasing, also known as pay for performance....
Ethics in Nursing Part 3: Application Strategies

Ethics in Nursing Part 3: Application Strategies

by | Jan 11, 2017 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Continuing Education, Critical Thinking, Inspirational, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Chain of Command, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Personal Experience, Uncategorized

In our ever-changing health care system, nurses are consistently challenged to maintain strong ethics in nursing in the face of a fast-paced work environment. In this series so far, we defined the nine Provisions of Nursing Ethics, and we highlighted three of the most...