by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Dec 4, 2017 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Continuing Education, New Graduate Nurses, NNBA, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Travel RN, Work-Life Balance
In 2017, the demand for nurses in the United States is steadily increasing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016), employment trends of registered nurses is projected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026, which is faster than the average for all...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Nov 20, 2016 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Critical Thinking, NCLEX-RN, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Strategies for Success, Travel RN, Uncategorized
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...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Oct 30, 2015 | Critical Thinking, New Graduate Nurses, Nursing Leadership, Nursing School, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Student Nurse, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized
This Blog was Originally Published on Calling All Nurses – YES! Patient advocacy does in fact matter in nursing school. Unfortunately, many nursing programs wait to introduce the concept of patient advocacy until either the third or fourth semesters of their...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Oct 30, 2015 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Nursing Scheduling, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized
This Blog was Originally Published on Calling All Nurses – Travel nursing can be a very exciting career path that many nurses take so they can explore and experience the many cities of our great nation. On an average of 13 weeks per contract term, nurses may...
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 | 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...