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Want to Influence Others? Learn How to be Enchanting
I read a summary of the book, Enchantment, by Guy Kawasaki. According to Guy, the key to influencing others while maintaining the highest ethical standards is to become “enchanting”. In my entire 21...
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Top 10 + 1 Steps to Professionalism: Secrets learned from nurses’ archenemy –...
A love-hate relationship exists between nursing and pharmacy. The mere mention of pharmacy to a group of staff nurses is met with sighs, ughs, and eye rolls. When we have our meds, we love them. When...
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Simple Solution to Bullying: FTB
Nurses share horror stories all the time about the meanest, nastiest nurse who is somehow allowed to continue wreaking havoc on their unit without fear of discipline from the manager. Why? It’s...
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Professional Practice Tip for Nurses: Active versus Passive Involvement
I’ve talked before about “climbing the ladder” of knowledge as a way for nurses to continue developing their skills and knowledge while dealing with the constraints of time and finances. At minimum we...
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Witnessing Nurse Bullying is Bad for YOUR Health!
Nurse-to-nurse bullying is a problem. It’s pervasive, destructive and doesn’t belong in a profession that is supposed to be caring and compassionate. The good news is that not all nurses become...
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Renee’s top 10 tips for a successful nursing practice
Taking care of patients is the EASY part! By now you know that being a successful nurse involves way more than inserting an IV on the first attempt or accurately assessing a patient’s lung sounds. If...
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Book review – The Power of Habit: Key lessons for Nurses
During my keynote presentations and seminars, I’m always referring to books I’ve read that have made a difference in my nursing career and in my personal life. After presenting, many nurses ask,...
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Avoiding the Nursing Tit for Tat: The key to a supportive environment.
Classic example: Your co-worker leaves you a mess at the end of her shift. So in turn, you leave her a mess. You’ve just committed a “Tit for Tat”. This type of behavior happens all of the time in...
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NURSES: HOW DO YOU TREAT “PULLED PEOPLE”?
At RTConnections, I help individuals and organizations create nurturing and supportive work environments. I do this through keynote presentations, seminars/workshops, and some consulting. I’m also a...
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IMAGINE A WORLD IF NURSES BEHAVED LIKE WOLVES. COUNT ME IN!
Nurses know that it’s humanly impossible to care for patients in today’s complex world alone. Successful nurses have evolved beyond the days of, “my patients” versus “your patients” (although,...
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