Keith Carlson

Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, has been a nurse since 1996. He is the blogger behind the award-winning blog, Digital Doorway, a widely read freelance nurse writer, and motivational/keynote speaker. Keith is the host of The Nurse Keith Show, a popular nursing career podcast. Under the auspices of Nurse Keith Coaching, Keith's passion is helping nurses and healthcare professionals create ultimate satisfaction in both their personal and professional lives.

Articles by Keith Carlson

• The meaning of the healthcare podcast revolution

  When podcasts began appearing around 2004, capitalizing on the presence of MP3 players like the iPod,…

  Friday, December 11, 2020

• Where inequality goes, so goes health

  A robust body of literature supports the thesis that inequality and health are inextricably entwined.…

  Wednesday, December 02, 2020

• When politics and public health collide

  Public health in the United States has been an intrinsic aspect of national well-being for more than…

  Tuesday, November 17, 2020

• Fiction and fact: The undermining of science and society

  In these days of a tumultuous and politically divided country and a raging pandemic taking scores of…

  Tuesday, October 27, 2020

• The power of curiosity and critical thinking in healthcare

  In healthcare, thinking critically is central to successful outcomes. In research, education, and other…

  Thursday, October 15, 2020

• For public health, a momentous collision and missed opportunities

  The COVID-19 pandemic took a new and surprising turn as October began when the President of the United…

  Tuesday, October 06, 2020

• Telemedicine: Gains, losses, and debates

  Telemedicine and telehealth are apparently here to stay, galvanized into intensive service amidst the…

  Wednesday, September 23, 2020

• The 3 C’s of healthcare innovation: Curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking

  In the 21st century, myriad buzzwords and concepts have emerged within the healthcare realm, and one…

  Thursday, September 10, 2020

• Healthcare providers, trauma, and the science of resilience

  It is widely agreed that all healthcare providers can be exposed to all manner of work-related trauma.…

  Monday, August 24, 2020

• COVID-19, children, and existential fear

  As the summer of 2020 wanes and the school year begins, there is understandable fear, confusion, and…

  Wednesday, August 12, 2020

• COVID-19 and the power of the collective

  The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on myriad aspects of the healthcare system here in the United…

  Monday, August 03, 2020

• Uninsured during a pandemic? A homegrown epidemic

  The tentacles of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached into every aspect of U.S. society. As so many struggle…

  Thursday, July 16, 2020

• When COVID-19 remains front and center

  During the first half of 2020, prognostications regarding the course that the COVID-19 pandemic would…

  Wednesday, July 01, 2020

• COVID-19 and national responses, part 2 of 2: The United States and around the globe

  As the summer of 2020 begins, the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating. In fact, as many economies…

  Thursday, June 18, 2020

• COVID-19 and national responses, part 1 of 2: Asia and Europe

  When COVID-19 first emerged and the world began to take notice, each country naturally responded in its…

  Wednesday, June 03, 2020

• Digital natives, digital immigrants, and healthcare technology

  Twenty-first-century healthcare is replete with the unstoppable exponential growth of technology and…

  Thursday, May 21, 2020

• Telemedicine, webside manner, and barriers to care

  Telehealth and telemedicine have been gaining in popularity for a number of years, and medical providers'…

  Wednesday, May 13, 2020

• Nurses: The professional progeny of Florence Nightingale

  Florence Nightingale, the founder and progenitor of the modern nursing profession, lit a spark several…

  Monday, May 11, 2020

• The tragedy of hubris and the triumph of humility

  Healthcare, nursing, and the practice of medicine are peopled with a plethora of characters with a wide…

  Thursday, April 30, 2020

• Translating the COVID-19 information firehose as a healthcare professional

  In these days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us find ourselves wondering what evidence-based information…

  Thursday, April 23, 2020

• Reflections on courage in the midst of a pandemic

  Public health crises have frequently arisen during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including…

  Thursday, April 16, 2020

• Thinking critically about COVID-19, public health, and our erratic response

  In these days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a great deal of commonly held focus on hobbled supply…

  Thursday, April 09, 2020

• The COVID-19 pandemic: A reverse Wizard of Oz?

  At the end of the classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy, the naïve yet savvy heroine played by a…

  Wednesday, April 01, 2020

• COVID-19 and the grief process

  The COVID-19 pandemic is encircling our planet and the entire human family is facing great distress.…

  Thursday, March 26, 2020

• COVID-19: Of Hercules and Sisyphus

  COVID-19 is ravaging the world, and the healthcare system writ large is struggling to maintain its hold…

  Thursday, March 19, 2020

• Healthcare thought leaders: Who they are, and why we need them

  The notion of the thought leader is not necessarily new, but the term does continue to receive a great…

  Thursday, March 05, 2020

• The 3 C’s of healthcare communication: Compassion, clarity, and coherence

  In healthcare, it can generally be agreed that one of the central pillars of the delivery of high-quality…

  Thursday, February 20, 2020

• When a pandemic tests us in healthcare

  Pandemics regularly challenge the global healthcare system. SARS certainly taught us some lessons, as…

  Wednesday, February 05, 2020

• Groupthink and healthcare: An unhealthy alliance

  The term "groupthink" has been in popular usage since the 1970s, and its applicability to the multibillion-dollar…

  Wednesday, January 22, 2020

• When the healthcare C-suite embraces the digital age

  In the healthcare ecosystem, digital technologies have been gaining prevalence, market share, and clinical…

  Wednesday, January 08, 2020

• 2020 is the Year of the Nurse: Is your organization preparing?

  On Jan. 30, 2019, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared 2020 "The Year…

  Tuesday, December 10, 2019

• The successful healthcare career toolbox

  Like any career, forging a way forward in the world of healthcare takes diligence, planning, and nurturing…

  Monday, November 25, 2019

• The nurse’s emotional bank account

  Nursing is an emotionally taxing career by any measure. By serving the infirm, the traumatized, the bereft,…

  Thursday, November 14, 2019

• Healthcare career transitions: Why and how to make them happen

  Making a career change or job transition can be a big deal when you take into consideration the potential…

  Thursday, November 07, 2019

• Groupthink: A danger to healthcare innovation

  In the healthcare universe, we follow orders and policies and procedures because that is part and parcel…

  Monday, October 21, 2019

• Podcast: The 7 most dangerous words in healthcare

  What are the seven most dangerous words in healthcare? In my universe, those seven words are "that’s…

  Wednesday, October 16, 2019

• Collaboration in healthcare: Beyond the silo

  Silos are a common sight in the farmlands of the world, but what about the silos we inhabit as healthcare…

  Tuesday, October 08, 2019

• Resistance to change in healthcare: Our fatal flaw

  It’s been said that change is the only constant in the universe, and that also pertains to healthcare.…

  Wednesday, September 25, 2019

• Podcast: Be your very own nursing career detective

  When it comes to your nursing career, you need to be your very own private eye or detective because good…

  Tuesday, September 17, 2019

• Are you a 2- or 3-dimensional healthcare job candidate?

  When you have a stake as a job candidate in the healthcare employment marketplace, being able to differentiate…

  Wednesday, September 11, 2019

• Will AI and robots steal your healthcare job?

  Robots and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly pervasive in most aspects of 21st-century…

  Thursday, August 29, 2019

• Podcast: Why your values matter as a healthcare professional

  In this episode, Keith Carlson welcomes Jacob Morris, an expert in values-based applied research. Understanding…

  Wednesday, August 21, 2019

• Are you playing in the right healthcare sandbox?

  Within the healthcare industry, there are endless choices when it comes to carving out the career path…

  Thursday, August 15, 2019

• Podcast: The state of medical education and physicians’ relationships to nurses

  On this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith Carlson discusses the state of medical education and physicians’…

  Tuesday, July 30, 2019

• When clinicians become politicians

  It’s often been said that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu, and this…

  Thursday, July 25, 2019

• Is your nursing career close to sunset?

  As the baby boomer generation ages into retirement or semi-retirement, many aging nurses are facing the…

  Thursday, July 11, 2019

• The psychic compost of your healthcare career

  Does your healthcare, medical, or nursing career result in psychic, mental, emotional, or spiritual compost…

  Wednesday, June 19, 2019

• Healthcare providers on the brink

  No one in their right mind would argue that healthcare careers aren’t stressful. Burnout, depression,…

  Thursday, June 06, 2019

• Patriarchy and healthcare: A dying zeitgeist

  Since time immemorial, men have dominated medicine. Nurses were historically viewed as subservient laborers…

  Wednesday, May 22, 2019

• Catching the common cold of healthcare: Leaders who don’t listen

  Healthcare leadership is not for the faint of heart; it takes grit, determination, patience, and ambition,…

  Wednesday, May 08, 2019

• Putting ‘human’ back in healthcare human resources

  When we think of healthcare industry human resources departments, we may readily think of the processes…

  Thursday, April 18, 2019

• Negativity: The mortal enemy of teamwork in healthcare

  Teamwork in healthcare holds a place of the utmost importance when it comes to cooperation and the positive…

  Wednesday, April 03, 2019

• Growing the muscles of communication in healthcare

  In most every aspect of healthcare, communication is key to positive patient outcomes, stellar teamwork,…

  Tuesday, March 26, 2019

• Teamwork: A crucial healthcare engine

  Healthcare delivery revolves around the cooperation, coordination, and seamless teamwork of multiple…

  Wednesday, March 13, 2019

• The importance of relationships to healthcare delivery

  When a patient walks through the door of a physician's office, the success of that visit is largely predicated…

  Tuesday, February 19, 2019

• When healthcare and politics intersect

  Healthcare consumers and providers may not always speak of politics and healthcare in the same breath;…

  Wednesday, February 06, 2019

• Bringing a stop to nurse cannon fodder syndrome

  Nurses are virtually irreplaceable as the vital lifeblood and connective tissue of any healthcare organization…

  Friday, January 25, 2019

• Stemming the tide of attrition: A healthcare priority

  Employee turnover is costly for any industry, and healthcare is no exception. Hiring new employees is…

  Wednesday, January 09, 2019

• Stoking the healthcare leadership succession pipeline

  In healthcare and other industries, keeping the succession pipeline filled is essential to organizational…

  Tuesday, December 18, 2018

• Putting the care back in healthcare

  With the exponential increase of technology in the delivery of healthcare, we run the risk of dehumanizing…

  Wednesday, December 05, 2018

• Healthcare’s crucial human capital

  The healthcare system runs on people power. From nurses and physicians to food service and housekeeping,…

  Tuesday, November 20, 2018

• Nurturing positive nurse-physician relationships

  When it comes to patient care, both nurses and physicians are crucial to the delivery of positive medical…

  Friday, November 09, 2018

• Millennials at the forefront of healthcare

  As of 2018, millennials (those born between approximately 1979 and 1994) are now the pre-eminent generation…

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

• The necessary work of disrupting healthcare

  As in other industries, change is a constant in healthcare. New medications, treatments, and technologies…

  Tuesday, October 09, 2018

• Visibility as a path to healthcare career success

  Being visible is a key to success that the savviest healthcare professionals adopt as their modus operandi.…

  Thursday, September 20, 2018

• Avoiding the organizational pain of high nurse turnover

  In healthcare and nursing, employee turnover can have an outsized impact on staff morale, the financial…

  Wednesday, September 05, 2018

• Are happiness and a healthcare career mutually exclusive?

  Those who have a good understanding of healthcare know that it is a stressful industry for doctors, nurses,…

  Wednesday, August 22, 2018

• The radical idea of the healthcare sabbatical

  In the stressful world of healthcare, nursing, and medicine, worthy staff members work themselves to…

  Thursday, August 09, 2018

• Action vs. nonaction in healthcare

  In any situation we encounter, the choice to act or not act is almost always there. Do we help the little…

  Thursday, July 26, 2018

• For healthcare organizations, mission is everything

  Healthcare organizations are not immune to the challenges faced by their brethren in other industries:…

  Thursday, July 12, 2018

• A healthcare facility’s magic wand

  For healthcare facilities — hospitals, nursing homes, surgical centers, etc. — there are plenty of…

  Thursday, June 28, 2018

• Wanted: Meaningful nurse retention strategies

  At a time in history when nursing shortages and nurse attrition can be devastating, healthcare organizations…

  Wednesday, June 13, 2018

• Nurses’ personal growth: A parallel focus

  Becoming a nurse is a meaningful act with far-reaching impact. Nurses are the connective tissue of healthcare,…

  Wednesday, May 30, 2018

• How to retain the indefatigable nurse

  When we use the word "indefatigable" in conjunction with the word "nurse," it is an almost perfect pairing…

  Thursday, May 17, 2018

• A strong nursing team makes the sound of a harmonious orchestra

  The nursing team within any unit, department or agency could readily be compared to an orchestra. Here…

  Tuesday, May 01, 2018

• Healthcare and a diversifying world

  ​As the 21st century matures, so too does our understanding of what diversity means in relation to…

  Friday, April 13, 2018

• Politics and nursing: Strange bedfellows?

  We live in a highly politicized time in the American national conversation, and nursing and healthcare…

  Friday, March 30, 2018

• Organizational wisdom in healthcare

  ​Every healthcare organization is a rich repository of accumulated wisdom that serves as the underpinnings…

  Monday, March 19, 2018

• The power of mentors in nursing and healthcare

  Throughout a nurse's career, the potential for official and unofficial mentors to make a significant…

  Friday, March 02, 2018

• Nurses and the emotional tightrope

  ​From the moment that an aspiring nurse enters school, the slings and arrows of a nursing career can…

  Thursday, February 15, 2018

• Serve on a board to make an even greater impact as a nurse

  Nurses are leaders in every sense of the word. Leadership is ingrained in nurses from the moment nursing…

  Friday, February 02, 2018

• Nurses at the table or nurses on the menu

  ​There's an old saying that if you don't have a seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu, and this…

  Friday, January 19, 2018

• BSN or ADN? Nursing at a crossroads

  The discussion over the preferred entry-level degree for professional nurses has been ongoing since 1964,…

  Friday, January 05, 2018

• Nurses and vulnerable populations: Ethics and social justice

  ​In a politically charged era when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is consistently on the chopping block,…

  Thursday, December 14, 2017

• Nurses, mergers and the healthcare industry

  ​With the recent announcement that pharmacy giant CVS is buying Aetna in a multibillion-dollar health…

  Friday, December 08, 2017

• Nurse-patient interaction: Not just touchy‑feely

  ​In nursing education, the quality of the nurse-patient relationship is stressed as an important aspect…

  Thursday, November 16, 2017

• When healthcare environments aren’t healing

  When a patient is admitted to a hospital, the hope is that the patient will improve and go home in short…

  Friday, November 10, 2017

• A new nursing shortage looms

  ​A new study by Reuters reveals that a significant and troubling nursing shortage is currently impacting…

  Friday, October 27, 2017

• Healthcare providers and the saber‑toothed tiger

  When an individual suffers from an acute injury or a chronic condition, he or she enters into the healthcare…

  Friday, October 13, 2017

• What if the nurses disappeared?

  Imagine a hospital devoid of nursing care. Picture a nursing home without nurses. Visualize a healthcare…

  Friday, September 29, 2017

• A spotlight on violence against nurses

  Nurses have consistently suffered the slings and arrows of their professional service to society. As…

  Friday, September 15, 2017

• Nurses, volunteerism and public service

  ​The nursing profession is grounded in the spirit of service to society. Nurses often speak of giving…

  Friday, September 01, 2017

• Nurses, healthcare and tech innovation

  ​Nurses have embraced new media and digital technologies with varying degrees of enthusiasm since well…

  Thursday, August 17, 2017

• The nursing career trap

  As a profession with an illustrious history and the great respect of the general public, nursing is a…

  Monday, August 07, 2017

• The other end of the stethoscope

  ​Nurses are natural patient advocates, brokers of information and resources for optimal patient care,…

  Thursday, July 20, 2017

• Nursing in times of uncertainty

  When political, cultural and societal landscapes are in upheaval, nurses often play the role of intermediary…

  Thursday, July 06, 2017

• The effect of relationships on your nursing career

  When we consider what truly lies at the center of the world inhabited by most nurses, what we’re really…

  Thursday, June 22, 2017

• Creating a culture of safety in nursing

  ​Contrary to what some may imagine, the construction and manufacturing industries do not have the highest…

  Friday, June 09, 2017

• Remove the shackles of nurse martyrdom

  ​Nurses love to be of service and provide care to those who need it most. Some nurses also seem to…

  Thursday, May 25, 2017

• Cultivating nurse employee engagement

  ​Every nurse leader and nurse executive knows the nurses within a healthcare organization are worth…

  Wednesday, May 10, 2017

• Don’t get nursed into a corner

  In nursing, a professional trajectory can take many forms. A nurse's career can be like a long straightaway…

  Friday, April 28, 2017

• The nurse who plays well with others

  ​When a nurse gets a performance review from his or her manager, playing well with others may not be…

  Thursday, April 13, 2017

• Non-nursing knowledge and your nursing career

  As a nurse, you have a breadth and depth of specialized knowledge that spans both the clinical and nonclinical.…

  Friday, March 31, 2017

• Listening leads to superlative nursing care

  ​It's been said that we have two ears and one mouth so that we'll listen twice as much as we talk.…

  Thursday, March 16, 2017

• Protect your nursing brand on social media

  Nurses use social media just like any other members of the workforce. As a nurse, how you use social…

  Friday, March 03, 2017

• Nurse practitioner hospitalists in the 21st century

  Not long ago, nurse practitioners seemed mostly to be employed in physician offices, community and university…

  Friday, February 17, 2017

• A calm in the storm: Nurses and the ACA

  As 2017 moves into February, all eyes are on the Donald Trump administration in relation to the promised…

  Friday, February 03, 2017

• Nurse practitioners gaining ground

  In the early 21st century, nursing remains the vital backbone of the healthcare industry. Simultaneously,…

  Thursday, January 19, 2017

• Your nursing career New Year plan

  ​The start of the year is an auspicious time to evaluate the state of your nursing career, examine…

  Thursday, January 05, 2017

• Perfecting your nursing elevator pitch

  If you've never heard of an elevator pitch, it's prudent to understand what they are and how to use them…

  Thursday, December 01, 2016

• Want to grow your nursing career? Join a workplace committee

  ​Busy, hard-working nurses may not readily acknowledge that membership in a workplace committee is…

  Tuesday, November 22, 2016

• 3 signs you’re ready for a new nursing job

  ​There are many potential signs that it's time to leave your current nursing job and seek another position.…

  Friday, November 04, 2016

• 5 winning strategies for thoughtful nurse leaders

  ​Nurse leaders face a challenging environment in today's world of healthcare and nursing. Rapidly changing…

  Thursday, October 20, 2016

• New nursing job? 5 strategies for your first month

  ​When you land a new nursing position, your first month is an important time to make a good impression…

  Monday, October 10, 2016

• Empowering nursing care with emotional intelligence

  Emotional intelligence (EI) can seem like just another buzzword to nurses who have not yet encountered…

  Wednesday, September 21, 2016

• Nurse leaders: Creating an optimal workplace culture

  ​Workplace culture is regularly discussed as an important concept in the world of 21st-century corporate…

  Thursday, September 08, 2016

• Nurse leaders: Manifesting a vision

  The 21st-century healthcare and nursing ecosystems are complex, consistently impacted by the shifting…

  Thursday, August 25, 2016

• Nurse leaders: Bridging the gaps between generations

  ​In 2016, there are three generations at the heart of the American nursing workforce: the baby boomers,…

  Thursday, August 11, 2016

• How nurses help underserved communities

  ​Nurses have a rich history of contributing to the welfare of underserved populations. As the backbone,…

  Friday, July 29, 2016

• Investing in the future: Positive workplace culture in healthcare

  ​The healthcare workplace environment has a deep impact on staff experience, including satisfaction,…

  Thursday, July 14, 2016

• APRNs enjoying increasing autonomy

  Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) have been enjoying steadily increasing autonomy, and their…

  Thursday, June 30, 2016

• Nurses and the transgender patient community

  In the 21st century, increasing acceptance of transgender lifestyles is allowing many transgender individuals…

  Friday, June 17, 2016

• Nurses must embrace our place in healthcare

  Nurses are highly respected professionals — the annual Gallup poll ​has demonstrated this time and…

  Friday, June 03, 2016

• Nursing leaders modeling positive communication

  ​Healthcare and nursing are built upon communication. Whether collaborating on patient care, research…

  Friday, May 20, 2016

• Inspired nursing career development

  Nursing careers can become stale when nurses feel uninspired and disempowered. Our positions and specialties…

  Thursday, May 05, 2016

• The nursing shortage reality: Helping prenursing students succeed

  ​In an era of ​nursing faculty shortages and a highly competitive job market, supporting prenursing…

  Friday, April 22, 2016

• The nursing shortage reality: A clear need for more faculty

  ​In an era of nursing shortages, high nurse demand and qualified applicants being turned away from…

  Thursday, April 07, 2016

• APRNs and geriatric primary care: A golden opportunity

  ​With superlative clinical preparation grounded in time-tested nursing skills of assessment, diagnosis,…

  Friday, March 25, 2016

• Leveraging the wisdom of older nurses

  As the population continues an aging process that will peak around 2050, according to the U.S. Census…

  Friday, March 11, 2016

• Nurturing nurse intrapreneurs is crucial

  The concept of entrepreneurship is currently widely understood — even the notion of nurse entrepreneurship…

  Thursday, February 25, 2016

• Nursing and the collective genius of healthcare

  As an intrinsically collaborative profession, nursing lends itself naturally to multidisciplinary cooperation…

  Thursday, February 11, 2016

• Advanced nursing education and practice: An individual choice

  Advanced practice nursing is growing, and nurses are reading the writing on the wall. APRNs can practice…

  Friday, January 29, 2016

• The power of collaboration in healthcare and nursing

  ​Healthcare and nursing are collaborative by nature, and collaboration is fueled by communication.…

  Friday, January 15, 2016

• Nurses must take our good publicity and push forward

  The votes are in. Nurses have once again been named the most honest and ethical professionals in the…

  Monday, January 04, 2016

• Thoughtful nurse leaders are the key to functional teams

  Nurse managers and leaders carry a great deal of responsibility for creating a container in which their…

  Friday, December 04, 2015

• Standing up to nurse intolerance

  ​The adage that nurses eat their young may sound like old news, but it still rings as true today as…

  Thursday, November 19, 2015

• Nurse leaders must engage the left and right sides of the brain

  ​There are many types of nurse leaders within the nursing ecosystem, and leadership styles can vary…

  Friday, November 06, 2015

• Nurses: Grab your seat at the table

  There's a saying that if you don't have a seat at the table, you're likely to end up on the menu. For…

  Friday, October 23, 2015

• Why keeping nurses happy pays off in the end

  When Nurses Week rolls around each May, healthcare employers order a plethora of mugs, pens, pins and…

  Friday, October 09, 2015

• Using positivity when speaking out about nursing

  ​Most everyone has caught wind of the firestorm that erupted when Joy Behar of The View denigrated…

  Friday, September 25, 2015

• How to leverage your ‘nurseness’

  ​The average layperson holds a positive image of nurses in his or her mind. Ask them about their experiences…

  Friday, September 11, 2015

• Nursing and the power of touch

  Since the early days of nursing, touch has been an intrinsic tool used by nurses throughout the world.…

  Monday, August 31, 2015

• Once again, the media got it wrong when it comes to nurses

  A great deal is written about nursing, and the public can hear many mixed messages about nurses. On one…

  Friday, August 14, 2015

• The key to building cohesive nursing teams

  Nursing teams have the potential to be dynamic and powerful entities, and creating and maintaining them…

  Friday, July 31, 2015

• Nurse entrepreneurship is exploding across the US

  Plenty of enterprising nurses have owned businesses over the years, but entrepreneurship and business…

  Friday, July 17, 2015

• Do we listen enough to our nurses?

  Nurses walk this earth as the holders of specialized knowledge. They are educators, researchers, caregivers,…

  Friday, July 10, 2015

• Healthcare fraud and blowing the whistle

  On June 18, The Dallas Morning News reported in an article that 243 healthcare workers from around the…

  Friday, June 19, 2015

• The link between patient satisfaction and nurse satisfaction

  On April 17, The Atlantic published an article entitled, "The Problem With Satisfied Patients." The subtitle…

  Friday, June 05, 2015

• Empowering nurses to be their best

  As a nurse manager, I am constantly wondering if we provide our nurses with the most empowering environment…

  Thursday, May 21, 2015

• Driving the bus of your nursing career

  ​In our nursing careers, we can often feel buffeted by winds over which we feel little control. We…

  Monday, May 11, 2015

• The secret to creating nursing teams that soar

  ​As a relatively new nurse manager, I'm considering the ways in which I can powerfully inspire my team…

  Friday, April 24, 2015

• Fixing the gender gap in nursing pay

  ​For decades in the United States, there has been keen awareness that women earn less than men in a…

  Thursday, April 09, 2015

• Promoting nurse resilience

  The Me​rriam-Webster online dictionary defines resilience as "the ability to become strong, healthy,…

  Friday, March 27, 2015

• Using social media to advance the nursing profession

  In the 21st century, it's a given that social media is a ubiquitous tool used equally by professionals,…

  Friday, March 13, 2015

• Nurses and the culture of injury on the job

  A recent investigative series by National Public Radio (NPR) highlights the lack of on-the-job safety…

  Friday, February 27, 2015

• Business education for nurses?

  ​While the words "business" and "nursing" have not often been used in the same sentence, 21st-century…

  Friday, February 13, 2015

• An enlightened nursing ecosystem

  ​The 21st-century healthcare environment is a challenging one. Whether nurses work in home health or…

  Thursday, January 29, 2015

• The breadth and depth of nursing

  The nursing profession has grown astronomically since the days of Florence Nightingale. While we may…

  Friday, January 16, 2015

• Nurse coaching on the rise

  The profession of coaching has been in existence for a number of years. While life coaching is the form…

  Monday, January 05, 2015

• The nursing job outlook for 2015

  ​With 2015 poised to begin, economic forecasts for the new year are beginning to make themselves known,…

  Friday, December 05, 2014

• Nurses in the news: As we speak up, the world is listening

  With nurses rated by more than 80 percent of the American public as the most honest and trustworthy professionals…

  Thursday, November 20, 2014

• Prevention is key: Workplace violence in the hospital

  ​​With the recent news of several nurses in a Minnesota hospital being injured by a patient wielding…

  Thursday, November 06, 2014

• The nurse speaks: Making our voices heard

  When there's a major public health crisis, doctors are generally the experts sought out by the media…

  Friday, October 24, 2014

• Nurse management: Open source or old school?

  Just like any industry, there are "old school" and "new school" approaches to nurse management. In the…

  Friday, October 10, 2014

• Lost in translation: The nurse as a conduit

  ​As nurses, we are trained to bridge the gap between physicians and patients. In fact, we often serve…

  Friday, September 26, 2014

• The future of nursing: A 10,000-foot view

  Nursing and healthcare in the United States are at a crossroads. A broad view of the issues at hand are…

  Thursday, September 11, 2014

• New nurses and the med-surg mythos

  ​Every nurse has probably heard this statement (or something like it): "Without two years of med-surg,…

  Friday, August 29, 2014

• Time for change? Mid-career options for nurses

  ​Many mid-career professionals desire career change and new experiences, and nurses are no exception.…

  Friday, August 15, 2014

• The Nurse Licensure Compact: Is expansion inevitable?

  Nurse licensure is an idiosyncratic beast, and many American nurses struggle with the fact that obtaining…

  Monday, August 04, 2014

• Finding work-life balance: Chore or joyful pursuit?

  ​Work-life balance is a topic of frequent discussion on blogs, social media and in the academic literature.…

  Friday, July 18, 2014

• Nurses learn to work through generational diversity

  At this time in history, there are four generations currently working within the nursing profession.…

  Wednesday, July 02, 2014

• Replacing horizontal violence in the nursing profession

  ​Nurse bullying and so-called "horizontal violence" are rampant in our profession. Nurses bully and…

  Thursday, June 19, 2014

• Nurses: Burning out or burning bright

  The words "burnout" and "nursing" are all too often mentioned in the same breath. If you talk to enough…

  Friday, June 06, 2014

• Moral distress in nursing

  ​Moral distress may not be a concept on the lips of many nurses, but it is an issue with which a significant…

  Friday, May 23, 2014

• Nursing and the critical art of being present

  During the celebration of Nurses Week 2014, I have been giving a great deal of thought regarding what…

  Friday, May 09, 2014

• Nursing careers: Building a robust professional network

  Whether you're a satisfied nurse or a nurse who's totally burned out and ready for change, there's no…

  Monday, April 28, 2014

• How nurses can help with the challenges of the ACA

  ​The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has now swung more fully into action as the first major deadline has…

  Monday, April 14, 2014

• The key to improving nurses’ employee engagement

  Employee engagement is a buzzword that gets a fair amount of attention these days, and savvy nurse managers…

  Friday, March 28, 2014

• The calculus of nursing education and patient outcomes

  With the publication of a new study in The Lancet in February, it appears that the call for more baccalaureate-prepared…

  Thursday, March 13, 2014

• The role of nurses in an aging population

  It's no secret that the population of the United States — and the world at large — is aging rapidly.…

  Thursday, February 27, 2014

• Nurses and their health: Forging a path forward

  ​A recent study by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles reveals that the number…

  Friday, February 14, 2014

• What exactly is the job outlook for nurses?

  ​As 2014 begins, there is a great deal of discussion regarding the job prospects for nurses, especially…

  Monday, January 27, 2014