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Compassionate Care: 4 Ways Nurses Can Improve Patient Care

Daily Nurse

Genuine compassion requires forward-thinking and careful planning. Nurses who want to improve the quality of their compassionate patient care should take advantage of on-the-job training opportunities to bolster their knowledge and enhance the quality of their service.

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WOC Nurses Week Highlights Specialty

Minority Nurse

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nurse Week runs from April 14-20 and brings attention to this nursing specialty and the expertise WOC nurses bring to patient care. How did your career as a WOC nurse begin and evolve? So, I always volunteered to have the ostomy patients within my assignment.

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Lawsuits That Don’t Involve Patient Care Can Still Involve Nurses

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Most of my blogs over the years have examined conduct directly related to nursing practice and focused on nurses who have been named in professional negligence lawsuits or who were called as expert witnesses. But sometimes nurses have a role in a lawsuit that has nothing to do with patient care, as the following case illustrates.

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Meet Temitope Oseromi: The Stabilizing Nursing Leader at GBMC Healthcare

Daily Nurse

Temitope (Temi) Oseromi, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, became the nurse manager of GBMC Healthcare’s Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) in early 2022. She’s the only nurse manager overseeing two units, but Oseromi was also tasked with rebuilding a decimated MICU. Nominate a Nurse of the Week!

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC

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Summary Transcript Summary As Betty Ferrell says on our podcast today, nurses play an essential role in care of people with serious illness. Who spends the most time with the patient in the infusion center? Doing home care? ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) celebrates it’s 25th anniversary in 2025.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Kimberly Cook

Minority Nurse

Kimberly Cook, RN, BSN, is a highly accomplished nurse leader with a 30-year career in the healthcare industry. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a nursing degree and became a nurse in the Army early in her career. Talk about your role in nursing. Manage and assess daily productivity and labor management.

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In Healthcare and Nursing, Relationships Matter

Daily Nurse

Healthcare is an industry where careers and patient care are both fueled by relationships. At the same time, your connections with patients can bring meaning and purpose to your work. There are many ways in which relationships can benefit you and your nursing career.