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By: Mar 10 2014

Free Nursing Resources Take advantage of our vast collection of free nursing resources on Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com. We know how important your work as a nurse is, and we want to reward your efforts with free nursing activities. From nursing journals to...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jul 20 2013

3 Communication Principles I just came across a great piece on communication in Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing. The author, Lisa A. Miller CNM, JD, is an educator who is “obsessed with communication.” As nurses, I think we all need to have a bit...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 4 2013

Tips & Timesavers for Conference Attendees Attending any conferences this spring? Here’s a list of tips and timesavers to help you make the most of your time! 1. Make a schedule. Plan which sessions you’ll attend and create your itinerary! Use the most convenient form that...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Dec 7 2012

More Nurses are Advancing Their Education “Learning is one of life’s most essential activities.” — Annie Murphy PaulEnrollment in all types of professional nursing programs increased from 2011 to 2012, according to new survey data from the American Association of...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 15 2012

Getting back into scrubs I think that every nurse I know has a story about jumping in to help during an emergency outside of the work setting. I’ve had several over the years, the most recent being this past summer while out with my kids. It was an evening out at...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 8 2012

Teach People How To Treat You In the opening address at Nursing Management Congress 2012, Sharon Cox presented ways that managers can “add value in a time of volatility.” While this was a conference geared toward nurse managers and other administrators and...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jun 14 2012

Dear New Nursing Graduate... Dear New Nursing Graduate,Welcome! What an exciting time for you! I realize that it probably is somewhat of an emotional and stressful time as well. My sons just “graduated” from elementary school and through all the events and...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 12 2012

Specialty certification ---Updated March 15, 2021--- March 19th is Certified Nurses Day. A large number of nursing certification programs exist (I count 92!). This number alone tells me that this is something important that all nurses should consider. I was proud to use...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 28 2012

Feeling good about nursing! There’s no better place to get excited about nursing than at a nursing conference! I spent four days this month in Denver, Colorado at the Dermatology Nurses’ Association 30th Anniversary Convention. What an amazing group of nurses...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Dec 7 2011

A call for courtesy, please I had originally planned a different topic for this week’s blog post, but I would be remiss if I didn’t use this time and space to share my experience at my primary care practitioner’s office today. I went in for my flu shot, not...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 29 2011

What do you do when... I’ve been reading a lot of articles about ethics lately as I prepare to update our Focus On: Nursing Ethics collection. Of course, so many dilemmas that I’ve faced in my practice are coming to mind and I’ve been giving a lot of...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN May 3 2011

Back to reality I just returned from Italy - an absolutely glorious vacation…the people, the culture, the food…wonderful!!! I am now settling back in to home and work routines and got to thinking about how different this transition is for those of...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 28 2011

The Future of Nursing Roundtable On March 22, 2011, the Editors-in-Chief of the top LWW nursing journals got together for a roundtable discussion about the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report on the Future of Nursing. For those of you who listened...

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