by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Apr 13, 2020 | Coping with Stress, Critical Thinking, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing School, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse, Work-Life Balance
As we are all navigating through the uncertainties of COVID-19 and how this global pandemic is reshaping our day-to-day lives, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, scared and even helpless at times. Some of us may feel angry. Some of us may feel fearful. Many of us are...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Mar 30, 2020 | NCLEX-PN, NCLEX-RN, New Grad RN, New Graduate Nurses, Studying, Work-Life Balance
With all of the uncertainties we’re all experiencing as of late, one thing I wanted to to do is to provide everyone with some insight on how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected those who are scheduled to take the NCLEX and those who are anticipating scheduling...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Mar 24, 2019 | Continuing Education, Coping with Stress, Cultural Competence, Inspirational, job satisfaction, nurse retention, Nursing Inspiration, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance
There are many complex issues in the Long Term Care healthcare setting that affect nursing staff job satisfaction and retention. In an environment that focuses on incredibly challenging chronic illness management coupled with a percentage of minimally educated and...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jan 22, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, NNBA, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance
It feels like New Year’s Eve was just yesterday – and it’s already nearing the end of January! As the saying goes “time sure does fly by when you’re having fun”, and that’s exactly what’s been going on here at The Nurse...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Dec 1, 2018 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, NNBA, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Work-Life Balance
It is my strong belief that if we spend more time focusing on supporting and uplifting our colleagues, nurses would find greater satisfaction in the work that they do. Therefore I decided to create a monthly blog series: the Nursing Entrepreneur Spotlight – that...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Nov 24, 2018 | Coping with Stress, Holiday Work, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Work-Life Balance
It’s that time of year again when patients and their families are relying on Nurses to provide excellent care along with a little holiday cheer to the bedside. Of course we can expect to face the normal stress of the job, however many of us will also...