Coronavirus: How Emotional Contagion Exacts a Toll
Wharton management professor Sigal Barsade believes the widespread panic as a result of the coronavirus is a form of emotional contagion. Simply defined, emotional contagion is the transfer of [...]
Nurses Share Advice for Dealing with Bullying
Seven nurses from around the country answered the question, “How do you deal with bullying behavior with other staff members?” Rachel Hayes, maternal child health staff RN at Saint Clare’s [...]
Nurse Gives Undergarments to Sexual Assault Victims
Emergency room nurse Martha Phillips watched a rape survivor walk out of the hospital in oversize scrubs last December, her arms clutched tightly around her chest in embarrassment because her bra [...]
Building a Culture of Nurse Excellence
When it comes to nurse engagement, efforts must go a lot further than just driving good job satisfaction. In fact, nurse excellence isn’t entirely about the nurses at all, although they are [...]
How Working as a Nurse Makes You Stronger
It goes so much further than the leg muscles that nurses develop walking an average of 986 steps per hour at work. At every level, nursing makes a person stronger, sometimes in unanticipated [...]
Nurse Leader, Are You Listening to Your Staff?
As a nurse leader, you should know what your staff thinks about their jobs. Do you know how they feel about their schedules, assignments, patient care and staffing issues, or what may be worrying [...]
Basic Protective Measures Against New Coronavirus
Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the World Health Organization website and through your national and local public health authority. COVID-19 is still [...]
Open Letter from the NJSNA Forum of Nurses in Advanced Practice President
Dear APNs, RNs and APN Advocates, As you all know, the Consumer Access to Health Care Act has been re-introduced under Assembly bill A-1760 for this legislative session. This bill will eliminate [...]
