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How Much is Enough for “The Good Life?”

June 21, 2021

  What is “the good life?” It’s the name of a rock band, an old movie, a Tony Bennett song, and numerous novels. But what is the good life for you? Is it determined by you, or someone else? Most people agree with the definition of “the good life” as a sense of satisfaction, adequacy,…

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Does Money Make You Happy?

June 14, 2021

  “We have a lot less money, but we’re a lot happier these days,” a woman told me at a recent event. “Instead of going out, we fix meals together, play board games and watch movies at home,” she beamed. That same week I read yet another study proving that people with a lot of…

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Caring for You, Too

June 7, 2021

  By now you may be tired of hearing me say that we care givers are often so busy taking care of others that we neglect to care for ourselves. As I remind you that caring for yourself should be one of your top priorities, I must ask: When was your last complete physical exam?…

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More Young Nurse Seek Advanced Degrees…Leaving Bedside

September 23, 2019

More young nurses are opting to obtain advanced degrees, which will help fill gaps in primary care. But it will also take them away from the patient’s bedside. Nearly 50% of millennial nurses (ages 19-36), 35% of those in Generation X (ages 37-53), and 12% of baby boomers (ages 54-71) plan to become advanced-practice nurses,…

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Bullying Stops NOW!

March 12, 2019

In the timeless Disney movie Bambi, Thumper gives excellent advice. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Wouldn’t the world and our work environments be better places if we all heeded the wisdom of that wise little rabbit? I tried to ignore the problem of lateral violence in the healthcare workplace because…

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Reduce Workplace Stress with SelfCare

June 6, 2018

A Gallup pole revealed that 40% of US workers felt so stressed out that they felt burned out. It does not have to be like though. Let’s work together to reduce workplace stress for nurses and healthcare providers. Contact me at SelfCare for HealthCare™ to learn more!  

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60,000 Nurses Exit the Workforce Every Year

February 6, 2018

The 2017 AMN Healthcare survey of 3,347 nurses shows that 27% of the nurses who say they are planning to retire intend to do so in less than a year. In 2015, only 16% of nurses reported they planned to retire in less than a year. Approximately 60,000 baby boomer RNs have exited the workforce each year…

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Nursing Workforce to Grow 36%. Is that Enough?

January 16, 2018

The average age of the nursing workforce in 2005 was 44, spurring widespread predictions of a nursing shortage as baby boomers retired. Now millennials are entering the profession in record numbers. Experts attribute their embrace of nursing to several factors. The profession offers stable lifetime earnings, low unemployment, and opportunities for advancement and relocation in…

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Employee Wellbeing Programs Dramatically Reduce Turnover

November 7, 2017

A decade ago, people thought employee well-being was fluff. Now it’s hard to ignore the mountain of science proving the benefits of employee well-being. Leaders still tend to look at well-being in terms of ROI through healthcare cost reduction. But it is much more than that. Employee well-being connects very linearly to real business results. A 2015 survey of…

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How to Manage Millennials

October 26, 2017

Managers must adapt their styles to each generation, according to an article in Healthcare Financial Management Association. Strategies to harness the strength of a multigenerational workforce and improve healthcare include: Be open-minded. Expect different style, dress, communication, and other personal aspects. Don’t allow differences to obscure a clinical manager’s view of a team member. Seek input. Top-down…

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