Nurse retention is often achieved by nurse satisfaction—but how do you achieve true job satisfaction in a hectic healthcare environment? One answer might be medical mission trips. An interesting piece written for HealthLeaders Media by Rebecca Hendren explores what medical mission trips can do for RNs by profiling a nurse who went to Haiti with a group of healthcare professionals.  Though salary is an obvious factor in job satisfaction, Hendren explores...  Read More »

A woman at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston was allegedly assaulted inside the hospital building recent by a Level 3 sex offender, according to an article in the Boston Globe. The man was arrested and charged with assault with intent to rape and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. According to the Globe, the woman was attacked but no sexual assault occurred. The article doesn’t state whether the woman was an employee, a patient,...  Read More »

On Monday, President Obama touted his healthcare reform plan, which he emphasized was supported by the American Medical Association (and the 150 physicians in white lab coats behind him), according to Chris Cillizza’s Washington Post blog, The Fix. Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic National Committee, has been relying on physicians and nurses to back the healthcare reform plan, and use that backing to rally public opinion. Thus far, physicians...  Read More »

Throughout the year, CNN.com has named everyday, inspiring people CNN Heroes, highlighting those who help others. Faith Coleman, NP, was recently named a hero. In 2003, Coleman was a contract worker with several doctors, receiving no health insurance when she learned she had kidney cancer. After her battle with cancer, Coleman, a mother of six, opened a free clinic with the help of her colleague, John Canakaris, MD. The clinic, called the Flagler Country Free...  Read More »

In August I posted about a survey of UK’s National Health Service nurses that showed only 37% of the 1,500 respondents planned on getting the H1N1 vaccine. The UK’s Department of Health had issued a statement letting nurses know that those who refuse the vaccine are putting their own health and patients’ health at risk. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all healthcare and emergency medical services personnel be...  Read More »