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Issue 12, December 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Welcome to the jungle

  Helping new graduate nurses adjust to the clinical environment can seem overwhelming, but a Florida...

• Geriatrics: Increase your nurses' knowledge

  The need for geriatric knowledge development is a real one in today's nursing world. According to...

• Cultivate charge nurses at your facility

  As the baby boomer generation of nurses heads for the door and younger workers begin to take...

Issue 11, November 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Hey, doc, can we talk?

  The sticky aspects of communication between nurses and physicians have existed for decades, and the...

• Developing your staff members into nursing professionals

  Training your nurses and ensuring that they are competent in their skill sets are two of the most...

• Handling the ED emergency

  The hospital ED has become the major diagnostic and resuscitation site of the American healthcare...

Issue 10, October 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Benchmark productivity to measure success

  It's no secret that resources are essential to the staff development arena. Whether they are...

• You've got a friend in me

  Maintaining solid communication among coworkers is essential to any work environment. But when that...

• Venturing into new territory

  They travel over the border from Canada and across the world from China. But no matter where they...

Issue 9, September 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Keep your children from falling behind

  Falls prevention is a major focus at most facilities, particularly since it became a Joint...

• To see myself in pictures

  Have you ever seen yourself on-screen and thought, "Is that how I really act?" Often, the best...

• Leaving Venus and going to Mars

  How to teach your nurses to work with physicians, not against them Editor's note: The following...

Issue 8, August 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Getting everyone on a level playing field

  Teaching a classroom of nurses with varying backgrounds can present challenges to staff educators...

• Bringing evidence to staff development practice

  Editor's note: The following is adapted from HCPro's new book Evidence-Based Staff Development...

• A little bit of this, a little bit of that

  Classroom lectures allow for face-to-face interaction between learner and educator. E-learning...

Issue 7, July 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Can you really teach courses online?

  It used to be that teaching a class meant standing in front of your students, lecturing from your...

• The new grad as the critical thinker

  New graduates entering the nursing world may breathe a sigh of relief that their classes are done...

• A product of our experiences

  Baby boomer nurses remember when no one had heard of AIDS. Nurses from the World War II era recall...

Issue 6, June 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Are there not enough hours in the day?

  It's a question asked by new and experienced nurses alike: when the list of to-dos seems...

• Letting troubles be known at your facility

  High turnover rates are scary for almost every hospital. But when administrators at Bon Secours St...

• Developing a time to work and a time to play

  Using games in the clinical setting has become popular in many facilities as a fun-and...

Issue 5, May 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Speaking the language of your patients

  The number of non-English-speaking people in the United States is higher than ever before, and that...

• Getting your new nurses past the hurdles

  The horror stories abound: New nurses who enter an ED experience firsthand the "nurses eat their...

Issue 4, April 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Someone to watch over me

  When school is over and the hospital shifts are about to start, new nurses find themselves entering...

• Ready to take the lead at your facility?

  In every hospital, there are a few select nurses who are born to lead the pack. These potential...

Issue 3, March 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Take action and create a healthy work environment at your facility

  Strategies to get rid of horizontal hostility Unless you've been hiding in the supply closet for...

• Welcome to critical thinking 101

  Editor's note: The following is an except from HCPro's new book Critical Thinking in the...

Issue 2, February 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• How to improve your performance: Appraisals create sound evaluation

  Editor's note: The following excerpt is from HCPro's recently published book Competencies for Staff...

• Hip, hip, hooray: 3 Cheers program provides motivation

  Michigan hospital finds creative way to recognize, reward staff stars One particular closet at...

• Finding a different way to give back to the community

  Each year, nurses at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, SC, anxiously waited to see what gifts...

Issue 1, January 1, 2007 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Get your evidence-based program off the ground sooner than you think

  Six steps to help your facility change the care it provides A quick poll during HCPro's recent...

• A nurse educator on the night shift?

  Educator provides support, guidance when the moon comes out Editor's note: Colleen Claffey, RN...

• It's coming! Get prepared for an unannounced survey

  It sneaks up. It creeps up. Quietly, before you are completely ready, it's there. But...