Category Archives: Personal

Start the New Year with a Clean Slate

Happy New Year! The celebration of a New Year marks a natural transition in everyone’s life — we leave one year behind to start another.   So that’s kind of fun, right? I mean, it gives you an opportunity to begin again. There do not seem to be many times in

Another Fresh Start for Another New Year

Every year we get an opportunity for a fresh start! The start of the new year is a natural time to decide to be leaner, stronger, better. This post helps you look forward to starting the new year with a clean slate. We’ll review how to make positive changes in

How to Answer Questions You Will Get Asked about COVID-19

As nursing students or practicing nurses, you will get asked for information and your personal opinions about how to deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what to say. Original post published March 16, 2020; Last Updated December 10, 2020.  Note: The information below was correct at the time this

Good Habits Can Make You Happier and More Successful

Getting ready for (or being in) school is a great time to talk about productivity and strategies for forming better work habits so that you can stay focused and get things done. One of the secrets of succeeding in nursing school is forming good habits around personal routines and work

Giving Thanks for Good Habits

Thanks to my subscribers and those of you who have shared this website with your friends and colleagues! I’m working very hard to provide you with content that will help you in your personal and professional lives. I hope you celebrate all the things that make you happy and thankful

8 Ways to Enhance the Patient Experience in Healthcare

Guest Author: Adela Ellis, BSN, RN I’m happy to welcome Adela Ellis, BSN, RN as a guest author this month!  Ms. Ellis is a full-time nurse and a part-time ambassador for Infinity Scrubs. This post focuses on ways to enrich the patient experience in healthcare to facilitate the best outcomes for care.

Practicing Gratitude. A Little Goes a Long Way

We just celebrated Thanksgiving last week in the US. It’s a day, officially set aside, to reflect on our lives and remember to say thanks for all of our blessings. Of course, being grateful should be a daily occurrence, not limited to one day a year! “When I started counting

The “Brain Budget”: Keep YOU and Your Most Valuable Asset Fit, Focused, and Fabulous!

Guest Author: Melissa H. Wolak I’m very excited to welcome my friend and colleague Melissa H. Wolak, MS, CCC-SLP as a guest author again this month!  Ms. Wolak is a Transformation Coach, Speaker, and Speech-Language Pathologist in Boulder, Colorado. To read her latest “brain changer” posts and find out more about

SMART Goal Setting for School, Work, and Life

This month the theme is productivity — strategies such as work hacks and new habit formation — to help you move confidently toward your goals for this new year (and beyond!). This post will talk about how to use the SMART framework to write goals that are specific, measurable, achievable,

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