Nursing in a Pandemic
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…
Upcoming Events / Webinars
See Me as a Person Workshop – hosted by The Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs
6-Week Class Starting August 10, 2020 - 6 PM CST
Re-Igniting the Spirit of Caring (RSC) New Facilitator Practicum
August 11-14, 2020 – Sacramento, CA
Round Table Discussion with the ChristianaCare See Me as a Person Facilitators
August 11, 2020 - 2-3:30 PM CST
Thought Leadership
Honoring and Celebrating the WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020
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…
Making Room for Relationships
by Kary Gillenwaters, MA, OTR/L In a recent medical appointment of my own, I was struck by how often the initial collection of vitals and other information during an office…
Infusing Meetings with Positive Energy
by Susan Wessel, Creative Health Care Management People in organizations often accomplish their goals through meetings. Meetings help us gain differing perspectives and come to a cohesive plan. Those meetings…
Resources
Creative Nursing – TOC Vol. 26 #2
In the new issue of Creative Nursing, Seeing Beyond Gender, Marie Manthey issues a clear and impassioned call to action for the care provided to sexual and gender minority persons. Marie says, “a founding value of nursing is a commitment to care compassionately for all humans, regardless of any characteristic, ethnicity, behavior, quality or value that nurses may find unsavory outside of work. When a patient’s gender identification, gender expression, and/or sexual orientation falls outside of the realms of “straight” and “cis-gender” the nurse’s commitment to caring is no different. No nurse gets a pass because they find someone’s gender presentation confusing, or because they’re being asked to call someone by a name or pronoun that makes the nurse uncomfortable” Guest editor Alex Iantaffi expands understanding as he discusses gender as a historical and biopsychosocial construct. This means understand that there are many aspects of gender besides identity, such as gender expressions, roles, and experiences. The contributing authors help us see beyond our own lived experience, perhaps our own comfort zone and reflect on what inclusion really means. This issue challenges our assumptions, expands our knowledge, and strengthens our capacity for unconditional care for all.
Excellence Exchange Newsletter – May 2020
This edition of the Excellence Exchange newsletter shares themes that we’ve been hearing in nursing salons, tips for self-care, and free resources.
Creative Nursing – TOC Vol. 26 #1
As part of Creative Health Care Management’s observance of the World Health Organization’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the theme of our first issue of Creative Nursing 2020 is Seeing Beyond Borders. This issue includes voices from Cameroon, Finland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey, as well as American Indian and Ethiopian immigrant communities in the US. The contents of this issue reflect the diversity and the universality of things nurses face all over the world.
Excellence Exchange Newsletter – February 2020
Read about the role of advocacy in nursing, how to successfully meet SE9 in your Magnet® documentation, and sign up for our March 13th webinar. It’s all in the Excellence Exchange newsletter!