"Welcome to the Christmas Edition of Change of Shift. Curious George and the man in the yellow hat are hosting this year’s holiday edition. I want to thank Kim from Emeriblog for allowing George to share his Christmas story with the readers of Change of Shift. George recently had a big adventure at ...
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In an effort to reduce nurse fatigue, the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) has released a position paper outlining different risk-reducing strategies to decrease fatigue and stress while on the job. With long hours, mandatory overtime and understaffed units, nurse fatigue has been a g
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I was following an interesting conversation on Twitter between several nurses. They were expressing concern about how nursing stereotypes were damaging to their profession. I invited them to discuss the subject with me via podcast. You can listen to the whole conversation here. I have summarized so
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This week I was privy to a nurse manager stating to their staff that they were not clinically able to function in the department when the staff asked the manager to come in and work during a staffing short fall. Nurse Managers have been parked behind a desk for so long that their skills as a nurse
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Setting up and priming an intravenous infusion is a core clinical skill required in every day nursing practice. Although this skill is frequently used, it’s easy to become complacent. It requires both theoretical and practical clinical knowledge to ensure appropriate low risk IV infusion therapy and...
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