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...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 2, 2015 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Continuing Education, Graduate Studies, Uncategorized
How many times have you applied for jobs that stated “Bachelors Degree preferred” in the position qualifications section? How about “DNP or PhD required”? Although advanced degrees for nursing positions seems to be the new expectation, the...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 2, 2015 | New Graduate Nurses, Uncategorized
Tis the season of nursing school graduations, and I would like to personally congratulate each and every one of you for making it through the trials and tribulations of nursing school – I understand the pain and sacrifice you’ve endured. As a new graduate...