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Every year, since 1976, the Gallup Poll releases Ethics Rankings for American Professions. On January 12th, the Gallup Poll’s 2025 rankings were released and again ranked nurses at the top of the list for ethical standards. This result is the 24th consecutive year of ranking at the top of the list of professions. I speak… Read more

If I were to ask you the question, “when does healthcare start?”, what comes to mind? I have asked this question many times to different audiences of nurses and healthcare professionals. I typically will get a silent pause to start. That silent pause is an indication that thought is going into the answer (and perhaps… Read more

Empathy is the first phase in the design thinking process. Design thinking is a methodology used to develop innovative solutions. Empathy refers to being able to understand the problem identified from the target market of who is affected. Even better if you, the innovator, is part of the end user target market group. However, this… Read more

There are two phrases that I have thought about quite a bit over the last few months. The first is: “Do more with less.” The second is the opposite: “Do less with more.” Now, let me explain the first phrase before going to the second in the context of direct care. As a direct care,… Read more

I recently read this article, “These warning signs are tied to nurses leaving hospitals” from Chief Healthcare Executive. Before I read it, I will be honest and thought I knew what I would read. I thought I would see more emphasis on finding resilience, hardiness, and/or self-care as recommendations for how to address nurses leaving… Read more