An op-ed piece by Sandy Summers, RN appeared in today’s Boston Sun. Check it out at  http://tinyurl.com/qjkl82   Summer’s assertion, the subject of her book Saving

I recently rediscovered an interesting and empowering movement known as the Nurse Manifest Project which was created by a group of nursing scholars. The web site www.nursemanifest.com

What nurses wear in patient care settings is a long and hotly debated subject. Years ago we all wore white uniforms and shoes and the

An interesting study has come out of the University of Buffalo about how second career nurses are changing the face of nursing — for the

There is a fascinating study and proposal out by the California Nurses Association http://www.calnurses.org/ about the benefits of expanding Medicare for all Americans. This is a

The media seems to have suddenly glommed on to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and the fact that it will allow advanced practice nurses to

While watching TV recently, I saw an infomercial for a fitness program created by an RN. I was very excited for a variety of reasons.

President Obama’s transition team has launched a web site www.change.gov. Here you can read about the incoming administration’s healthcare agenda (scroll to the bottom of the page

These are very interesting times in the world and in the nursing profession. We continue to read about the severe nursing shortage and how it

I recently attended religious services in a town I was visiting. Upon entering the facility I was handed a pamphlet that had the program in

As the president of the NJ Chapter of the National Speakers Association (www.nsaspeaker.org), I was recently asked to speak at a local Kiwanis International club

I was recently speaking with a meeting planner (someone who orchestrates conferences and conventions for a client) and she said she wanted me to speak