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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

National CNS Recognition Week is September 1-7

National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week (CNS Week) – SEPTEMBER 1-7 It’s time for the 14th annual National Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) Recognition Week. As a CNS myself, I want to celebrate the almost 93,000 CNSs out there in the United States of America and Canada (NACNS, 2023a) — and the

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

National Nurses Month 2022: Nurses Make a Difference!

Happy Nurses Month! “Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.” – Florence Nightingale Nurses, YOU Make a Difference! From the ANA Nurses Month website: “the evergreen theme, Nurses Make a Difference honors the varying roles of nurses and their positive impact on our lives.

National Nurses Month 2021: You Make a Difference!

Happy Nurses Month! Happy (Extended) Year of the Nurse and the Midwife! “Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.” – Florence Nightingale The World Health Assembly (part of the World Health Organization [WHO]), declared 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the

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

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

Celebrate National Nurses Week!

Happy National Nurses Week To all my readers, nurses and nursing students alike, I hope this week, especially, brings you some appreciation from others for the work you do and care you provide for patients and clients and their families. Nurses are the lifeblood of the healthcare system, not just

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