Posts Tagged ‘advocacy’
4 Essential Leadership Skills For Your Nursing Career
Effective leadership skills empower nurses to contribute across all levels of a healthcare organization. Beyond the theories and techniques learned in nursing school, acquiring four essential leadership abilities can equally contribute to the success of your career. These are communication, mentoring, decision-making and change-management skills. 1. Communication Skills The ability to communicate effectively is the…
Read MoreRead Back and Verified: Nurse Helps save kids after pool accident, Non-profit Hospital CEOs salary, the myth of compassion fatigue, and more
Here’s another read back and verified at Innovative Nurse to quench your thirst for all of that great content out there. Welcome to our latest editions this week. We want you to stay well informed whether you seek information on business, technology, education, career advice, or various other resources to help with your nursing practice.…
Read MoreRead Back and Verified: Social Media in Healthcare, Champions of Change…
Here’s another read back and verified at Innovative Nurse to quench your thirst for all of that great content out there. Welcome to our latest editions this week. We want you to stay well informed whether you seek information on business, technology, education, career advice, or various other resources to help with your nursing practice.…
Read MoreYou talkin’ to me?
I’m sure we’ve all had those Robert De Niro moments where life, the system, the “whatever” has brought us to a breaking point where we just feel like pushing back a bit, although my disclaimer here is that I’m in no way advising anyone to step off the deep end and have the “Taxi Driver”…
Read MoreGive patients more control over diabetes with mobile apps
By Genevieve Coates As the daughter of a diabetes nurse, I hear this all the time: I forgot to take my insulin… I don’t record my blood sugar numbers because I don’t have the time… I don’t count carbs because I don’t have the information. The list goes on. As a Type 1 diabetic myself,…
Read MoreSix Degrees of Kevin Ross
My wife brought to my attention an article in Parents® Magazine about choice careers that our kids will be vying for in the near future. I may be biased here, but the predictions that healthcare will remain in the top ten fastest areas for job growth seems like a pretty safe bet. So as per…
Read MoreThe Impetus: A new series
Here at Innovative Nurse we’re always talking about how to support our community of nurses and other healthcare professionals to reach their potential with whatever goals they’re trying to achieve. Whether it’s the actual driving force behind innovation, paradigm shifts, or breaking the mold of the status quo, we’ll cover those topics here and discuss…
Read More5 Reasons Healthcare Might Improve Under Obamacare
Ever since Obamacare was passed as federal law, there has been a bit of controversy brewing everywhere from Facebook to Forbes Magazine. Some people feel outraged in the way that the bill was passed while others are perfectly content with the enactment of the new provisions. For the person who is a bit skeptical about…
Read MoreThe Picture of Health in the US
Healthcare in the United States is an ever growing industry. Millions of people are employed in the field and even more are expected to join it as the American population ages. For people across the country, health is a very personal matter, while the upcoming November elections make the matter highly political. However, what…
Read MoreSave Wash
Every now and again, I’m inspired to write about something that either pisses me off burns me up or tugs at my heart strings. I think this post will have a little of both. I suppose this is why we have “the podium” here at Innovative Nurse. So, one of my Tweeps out there, @RedTapelass…
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