Ask the nursing expert: handling time off requests and disruptive nurse managers
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Aug 01, 2009
Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the nursing expert: Are audit tools useful for organization purposes?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Mar 01, 2012
Yes, I sure do! Meet with your leadership team to decide which areas you feel that you need to routinely track. Develop your audit tools based on regulation guidelines and have them updated on a monthly...
Ask the nursing expert: keeping your cool during a nursing home emergency
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Sep 01, 2009
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the nursing expert
Oct 01, 2007
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the Nursing Expert about … ideas on what I can do for my staff
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Jul 04, 2016
I am a new director of nursing. Can you share some ideas on what I can do for my staff?
Ask the Nursing Expert about … managing a nursing budget
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Mar 08, 2018
I’m hearing about facilities going bankrupt and closing. As a director of nursing, what can I do to help manage my department’s budget without degrading quality of care?
Ask the Nursing Expert about … EHR transitions
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Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Apr 08, 2018
My company just announced the purchase of a new electronic health record system. As the director of nursing, how can I smooth the nursing department’s transition to it?
Ask the Nursing Expert … about physcotropic programs
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Aug 05, 2015
I have been assigned to put together a psychotropic program. Can you please help me?
Ask the nursing expert: How can DONs do it all?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Oct 01, 2011
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the nursing expert
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Apr 01, 2008
I have been a director of nursing for a long time now and am feeling exhausted. What can I do to re-energize?