Nursing shortages are nothing new, and they’re going to get worse. So why haven’t we adopted solutions that other countries have already? There ARE ways to get around this.
How old is too old to work?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 05, 2014
A recent article in Health Affairs centered on nurses delaying retirement and claimed this is boosting the workforce. Should we believe this?
Bed A and Bed B are people!
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 28, 2014
As a Charlton Heston movie once illustrated in an indirect way, it’s important to know about the lives of who is living in our home. It’s about relationships, not about heads in the beds.
Where did all the spoons go?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 06, 2018
As nurse leaders/managers, I believe we have to be smarter in what we decide to let go and shrug off, as we might wind up having to do those things ourselves too often.
Wisdom from a prune
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Nov 06, 2012
I love being a nurse and I can’t think of being anything else. Do you remember a time when there was a turning point, that is, there was something that actually framed or shaped WHO you would become...
Round and round and round we go . . .
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 04, 2018
Hey, I get it. Sometimes we are doing so much we feel like our head is spinning. But, guys, you can’t forget to do your daily rounds. It is THE one thing you can do that will give you your biggest...