The Choice to Care
by Marie Manthey I am one of the lucky ones….I knew nearly all my life that I wanted to be a nurse. When I was 5 years old, I was…
Creative Heath Care Management
by Marie Manthey I am one of the lucky ones….I knew nearly all my life that I wanted to be a nurse. When I was 5 years old, I was…
by Marie Mathey I’ve been inspired recently by the words of the late senator and civil rights giant, John Lewis, and by philosopher-nurse, Mark Lazenby. Lewis points us toward the…
by Marie Manthey, PhD (hon), MNA, FAAN, FRCN We live in a world of polarities—of yin and yang, shadow and light, good and bad. Nursing’s reality during the COVID 19…
by Kathleen Van Wagoner, MSN, RN, MSA How will you embrace the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020,” which is intentionally timed to coincide with the 200th birthday of…
In It Together: Dismantling Systems of White Supremacy
In Creative Nursing 2020 we were Seeing Beyond: Beyond Borders, Beyond Gender, Beyond Traditional Measurement, and Beyond Current Care. As we sent each issue out into the universe, events were unfolding around us that challenged our profession, our actions as citizens, and the lives and health of millions of people around the world. We chose for our overarching theme for 2021, In It Together, and named our four issues as calls to action: Dismantling Systems of White Supremacy, Breaking New Ground for Leadership, Engaging the Public in Public Health, and Promoting Planetary Health.
This edition of the Excellence Exchange newsletter offers ideas to keep the passion alive between designations, shares strategies to get your shared governance councils started, and highlights our Transition to Practice solution.
In Creative Nursing 2020 we have Seen Beyond: Beyond Borders, Beyond Gender, and Beyond Traditional Measurement. Our final issue for this tumultuous year that has called for all the resilience we can muster is Seeing Beyond Current Care: Forward-looking care for ourselves and our colleagues – putting on our own oxygen masks before assisting others – and forward-looking care for those we serve.
This edition of the Excellence Exchange newsletter provides tips to get nurses involved in committees or councils, shares strategies to get your culture of excellence back on track, and highlights a variety of resources available to you.