How To Improve Communication with Non-English Speaking Clients

How To Improve Communication with Non-English Speaking Clients

In many urban areas across our country, clients and their families come in healthcare settings speaking languages from all over the world. No matter what language they may speak, nurses are challenged to be creative and utilize all resources available to ensure that...
Strategies for Resolving Workplace Conflicts in Nursing

Strategies for Resolving Workplace Conflicts in Nursing

In nursing’s often fast-paced and stressful environment, workplace conflicts are certainly not a rare occurrence. Knowing how to deal with these conflicts and find swift resolution will help you in maintaining a professional, safe, and healthy environment for you and...

5 Ways Nurses Can Create a Positive Work Environment

Due to the nature of health care, nursing workplaces can be stressful, feel overwhelming, and even take on a negative energy if you don’t guard against it. This creates tension not only among nurses, but also patients. Thus, it is important for nurses to remember that...

Is Patient Safety Declining? Part 3: High Patient Turnover Rates

This blog was originally published on Calling All Nurses – One of the greatest challenges in today’s rapidly changing healthcare system is maintaining the highest standards for patient safety. On the 12th of February, we talked about the issue of...

Is Patient Safety Declining? Part 2: Inadequate Nursing Skill Mix

This blog was originally published on Calling all Nurses – One of the greatest challenges in today’s rapidly changing healthcare system is maintaining the highest standards for patient safety. Last week, we talked about the issue of low staffing ratios. This...