Vaccinations Rock! How to Get Parents to Think So

A few weeks ago a friend with a new grandchild whispered to me, "What am I going to do? My daughter doesn't want to get the baby vaccinated!"

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NTI 2018 - See you in Boston!

Evidence-based practice is what nursing is all about. Join your critical care colleagues at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) National Teaching Institute (NTI) premier conference held this year in Boston.

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Is your career at risk due to lawsuits? Learn about aMMP!

What are you doing this Nurse’s Week?

We want to touch base quickly to introduce you to a dear colleague, Elizabeth Scala, MSN/MBA, RN. Elizabeth is a nurse in Maryland who puts on this GREAT program during Nurse’s Week!

This month Elizabeth has opened up the individual ticket registration to the annual Art of Nursing program. You can celebrate Nurse’s Week with all of us during The Art of Nursing program.

My don accused me of patient abandonment during a snowstorm

Today, I was accused of patient abandonment for leaving work during a snowstorm. Please enlighten me!

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Unsafe Nurse Staffing Ratios - Not Just in the U.S.

We know that the topic of staffing ratios has been in the news in the U.S. We are not alone in our fight for safer staffing ratios and quality patient care.

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Crossing Professional Boundaries to Benefit a Patient; Do We Alter Ethics to Cope or Help?

I once broke all my personal rules and disregarded patient boundaries for a child with no parents in the hospital.

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How to avoid health care fraud

Whether you are an M.D., D.O., N.P. or P.A., the chances of being audited have increased over the past decade.

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