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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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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There are a lot of different arguments and answers to this question. So let’s break it down a bit, why am I asking this question? During a fantastic class by Dr. Sean Clarke on Program Planning and Evaluation we covered Change Theories. During the lecture Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation came up. Almost everyone that works [...]
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Guest Phil Baumann shares some great advice on how to be nurses can improve their care.
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Recently significant changes were made to Nursing Ideas, to help users understand the basics a few pictures illustrate how the website works.
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Hello Everyone! This episode is different. First of all, we are finally in High Definition! Yup, that’s right I was told you enjoyed this so much that it was time to stop filming with my Macbook and take it seriously. Second there are a ton of new ideas that I have to discuss. So take [...]
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