Apr
16
I Never Saw His Face
April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It’s been a brutal week for me personally, and I don’t have much for readers today. The sustainability site has been quiet but for a grant tutorial that might be helpful. However, I do have a great audio file from The Moth that might be of interest. I’ll look forward to hearing your thoughts… I [...]
Apr
13
Threat Assessment
April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget about our latest $50 Amazon.com giveaway in honor of SAAM. To enter just let us know in the original post’s Comments section how you commemorated any day during SAAM, and one inspiring aspect of the day or the event you attended. You have until May 4th to be eligible. Sorry for another last [...]
Apr
8
Social Media Question
April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
I had a note show up in my inbox today about using social media. Specifically, I was asked the following: “My program coordinator strongly discourages being on Facebook and believes we shouldn’t use it if we are going to practice in this field. Thoughts?” Yeah, I have a couple…
Apr
2
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Site
April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I’m so happy to be able to return with a wrap up from the sustainability site. Feels like it’s been too long, but with all the travel, it sometimes gets the short straw. Aside from a brief mention of our current giveaway, this week also featured: *Some available online courses on leadership excellence (complete with [...]
Mar
10
Whistleblowing Nurses
March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Many of you have probably followed the case of the 2 Texas nurses who reported an emergency department physician’s negligent practice to the state medical board and were ultimately prosecuted for doing so. Now Medscape has a follow-up article on the story with some excellent points for us to consider about our professional and ethical [...]
Feb
19
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Site
February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Lots of focus on training this week over at the sustainability site this week: *A sampling of some of the excellent training events and conferences coming up in the next two months. March and April are always packed, and this year’s no exception. If you have money to spend on live events, there’s plenty to [...]
Feb
12
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog (the V-Day Edition)
February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A few really interesting posts over at the sustainability site this week. Both gave me some things to seriously consider: *Managing up, or the art of positioning people to effect positive change *What do we teach the future nurse?
Feb
11
The Economic Impact of Violence
February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
AVA has some good resources on their site. One of the ones I really like is this 2009 presentation on the economic impact of violence, given by Dr. Amy Bonomi and Dr. Phaedra Corso. It’s definitely not the highest quality video, but the content is good stuff, and this is one of my favorite topics. [...]
Jan
29
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog
January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This week over at the Sustainability site: *The beauty of under-reacting, and why you might want to indulge in a little under-reacting yourself *Social networking and Twitter: check out who else is expressing themselves in 140 characters or less… By the way, this week marks my last full week at home for the foreseeable future. Starting Monday, [...]
Jan
22
Weekly Wrap-Up & AEQ
January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This week over at the sustainability site, a few goodies for your perusal: *A cross-post on This Emotional Life, and sustaining ourselves in the work *SANE competency and role expectations: a few links to help provide some guidance I’d also like to draw your attention to the AEquitas site–we have a couple webinars coming up that might be [...]
