Category: Nursing Profession

Why Nurses Should Lead

By Gayle Porter
September 13, 2023

I see a lot of recommendations to enhance workplace empowerment and build nurse leaders to improve healthcare. And that’s good. But not for the reasons you might think. Let

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“Help, I Need a Bureaucrat!” A Healthcare Comedy.

By Gayle Porter
August 29, 2023

“Oh my, are you bleeding?” The nurse stood with her hands on her hips, assessing the situation. “Well, yes. I think so,” the patient replied. “I tried pressing the

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What Burnout Isn’t

By Gayle Porter
August 1, 2023

We often talk about burnout like it’s something that can be cured with a little self-care. Take a day off, get a massage, listen to nature sounds during your

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It’s Time to Retire the Lunch & Learn

By Gayle Porter
July 17, 2023

Have you ever noticed that the persistent problems affecting our patients today are the self-same problems that we were facing 20 years ago? Back in 1999, To Err is

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Where Nurses Bury Their Stories

By Gayle Porter
July 3, 2023

As a nurse, she took children from their families and smuggled them in boxes and tool chests, placing them in a safe place until the end of the war.

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A Nurse’s Wish for National Nurses Week (and no, it’s not a pizza party)

By Gayle Porter
May 8, 2023

I love having lunch with my nurse colleagues. Whenever we fuel our minds over salads and sandwiches, we also solve problems in healthcare, identifying what we believe is the

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