We’re all guilty of it at one time or another: Someone thanks you for helping him or her, and you respond, “It was nothing.” A patient or family member praises you for the excellent care you gave, and you reply, “It’s just my job.” Read more of my latest article Accepting Compliments at
http://www.dcardillo.com/articles/acceptingcompliments.html

I am very excited to announce the addition of three new pages to the Nurse Power!® web site: Nurse Entrepreneurs; Cool Nursing Web Sites; Books by Nurse Authors. All three pages will be added to each month so check back regularly to see what’s new. Three new ways to shine a positive light on [...]

On March 9 I leave for Germany to speak at a military healthcare conference.  I will be addressing all of the healthcare professionals in a keynote address but will be working primarily with nurses in subsequent sessions. The conference is for personnel working at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center; this is the military facility that receives [...]

A few years ago, I received a phone call from a nurse who asked me to suggest some “business” groups she could attend for networking. She said that she knew networking was very important and that because “we don’t have cocktail parties and similar events in nursing,” she was looking for other avenues. I informed [...]

Have you heard about the grassroots movement to create an Office of the National Nurse? Learn more about it at www.nationalnurse.blogspot.com. Here’s an article with an update on the movement http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/551527?src=mp. You can also access the article at the National Nurse website above. Find out what’s it all about so you can enter into related [...]

I’m writing this note while on vacation at a destination spa in Arizona. I visited this place with a girlfriend 3 years ago for the first time. After that first stay I realized that, for me, this was not a luxary, but a necessity. It is the only time and way that I can completely [...]

The discussion about universal healthcare coverage is heating up. It will undoubtedly be a major issue for the next administration. Nurses should be well versed on the subject so that they can contribute to intelligent discussion and debate and answer questions from the public. You’ll find a lot of great information on the site of [...]