Seasoned nurses looking to become nurse educators now have a new program to help them transition, reports Nurse.com. Sigma Theta Tau International created the program, entitled Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development, with the help of a $200,000 grant from Elsevier. The program will focus on placing novice nurse educators with long-term mentors to create higher job satisfaction and retention. “We have an amazing shortage of nurse...  Read More »

Three major nurses’ organizations will be combining to form a new organization newly named National Nurses United, reports the San Francisco Business Times. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, the United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association are merging to form a membership that will be 150,000 strong. A founding convention will be held in December in Scottsdale, AZ, according...  Read More »

Today’s healthcare workforce is unique. In addition to working with peers from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, you’re also working among four different generations of people. This alone can be a stressor, because each generation has varying values and work principles. Knowledge of and appreciation for each generation can help to bridge the gap, so let’s take a quick glance at the core values that comprise the...  Read More »

“Dear Deanna: My Nurse Manager is so unapproachable that she scares me. We never know what she is thinking or if she even likes the nurses that work our unit. What can we do?” Being a Nurse Manager is not the easiest position in our profession. You must first remember that your Nurse Manager is trying to make two groups of individuals happy. First there is the staff that she manages and then there are the administrators to which...  Read More »