With spring career fairs planned in many high schools and middle schools, it’s a good time to get yourself out into your community to encourage young people to consider nursing. Contact local schools and offer to represent your profession. Men and minorities have a particular responsibility to present themselves as role models for future nurses.  [...]

With spring just around the corner, we will be seeing an influx of new graduate nurses amongst our ranks. So much has changed in healthcare that new grads are more challenged than ever – higher acuity, shorter stays, staffing shortages, more technology, paperwork, and regulations! New nurses – regardless of age or prior work experience [...]

I’m writing from Germany – the little town of Bad Kissingen, known for it’s health benefits. People travel far and wide to drink their spring water and  enjoy the beautiful surroundings. I’m here speaking at a conference for military healthcare professionals. On Saturday I visited  the medical center (see previous post) where most of the [...]

I leave tomorrow evening for Germany (see 2/20 post Support Our Military Nurses). I have a sense of both anticipation and trepidation about visiting the hospitalized troops. I do feel privileged to have this opportunity to meet both our wounded service men and women and the nurses caring for them. Quite a few nurses and [...]

I presented 2 seminars this week in – Career Alternatives for Nurses® and How to Start Your Own Business and Consulting Practice. Although there is always a lot of energy at both seminars, the business ownership seminar always seems to be supercharged. The nurses in attendance this week were some of the most amazing, [...]

Seminar season is starting again and my first run is right around the corner. On March 5 and 6 I’ll be in Atlantic City, NJ presenting Career Alternatives for Nurses® and How to Start Your Own Business or Consulting Practice. These seminars have become quite popular over the years.  Regardless of one’s career plans, it [...]