Recently I’ve been asked to write a book for the series “The Nurses Advantage.” As you may, or may not, have guessed from the title the point is to help explain different topics (Communication, Etiquette) that are useful to nurses. The basic format is to run through the basics, in a largely question and answer [...]
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After launching this website in 2008 through word of mouth and search traffic Nursing Ideas has continued to slowly grow. Lately things have been picking up a bit more speed and reaching new heights. This year for Nursing Week Nursing Ideas was feature in the Toronto Star and just this week and article was published [...]
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If you want to be a technology evangelist then you need to understand the technology. That and a hundred other half baked justifications (excuses), a bit more student debt, one expensive trip to the Apple store and this nurse has an iPad.
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On June 7th 2010 I attended Ryerson’s Nursing Research day, it was a fantastic day and there were some great presentations. As nurses continue to increase their research efforts and knowledge translation events like this become more important. It was great to hear the research that was happening, within the university and the international visitors [...]
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For those of you that have an website Editz.com is something worth considering!
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The word “unconference” gets a mixed reaction from many, in healthcare it is usually more confusion then skepticism. For those of you that don’t know, the unconference was born out of the technology industry. They are about 4-5 years old depending who you ask, and they focus on participation by attendees. The wikipedia article on [...]
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I often wonder why individuals and organizations in healthcare have really taken to the social media and usually look down on “blogging”. Perhaps it is caused by mainstream media’s mentioning of twitter or others promises of what social media will do for healthcare. If you cringe at the thought of your organization blogging or even [...]
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This post was written by Phil Baumann and originally posted on his website. Image via Wikipedia What? You’re kidding, right? I thought that nursing was behind the times and that nursing is supposed to learn about social media. What possibly could the Social Media elite learn from nursing? I am flipping things around. Actually, in [...]
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Nursing Week is an opportunity. Many people will take time this week to thank nurses, recognize what they have done, or simply to get to know what it is that we actually do. Depending where you are time is spent doing different things, from selling raffle tickets to bringing in pizza, cake, and coffee to [...]
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Tagged as: Advocacy,Nursing,RNAO | Posted in: Events
Every year, just before Nursing Week the Registered Nurses’ Foundation of Ontario has an incredible Gala Dinner. This night is one of my favourite ways to begin the week, spending time time celebrating the accomplishments of the successful award winners and thanking the supports (sponsors) for helping us appreciate them. The evening consists of a [...]
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