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Virtue & Safety Culture 7: Could Workplace Charity Damage Morale?

By Gayle Porter
June 19, 2025

How can we care for strangers if we don’t care for each other? I’ve noticed that workplaces thrive and become more virtuous, more safe, and have better retention when

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Safety Culture & Virtue 6: Lunch Breaks

By Gayle Porter
June 6, 2025

How much do you trust your coworkers to watch your patients during lunch? During a lunch break, bedside staff are able to realize if something is troubling them and provides

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Safety Culture & Virtue 5: Tidying Up

By Gayle Porter
May 23, 2025

In the 80s, Van Halen added a clause to their tour rider to exclude all brown M&Ms from their dressing room, and every music group since then has included

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Safety Culture & Virtue 4: Security

By Gayle Porter
May 9, 2025

Nurses are on the frontline of violence. And patients, already vulnerable from disease and disability, are at particular risk to the volatile environment of a healthcare organization. The current

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Safety Culture & Virtue 3: Families

By Gayle Porter
April 25, 2025

You might think that the stress of family responsibilities and relationships could cause problems for a patient trying to recover from illness, but it’s actually the opposite. In my

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Safety Culture & Virtue 2: End of Life Care

By Gayle Porter
April 11, 2025

Some of my fondest memories from being a nurse were the times that I end of life care. It is a critical moment for the patient, but it’s also

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Virtue & Safety Culture 7: Could Workplace Charity Damage Morale?

Safety Culture & Virtue 6: Lunch Breaks

Safety Culture & Virtue 5: Tidying Up

Safety Culture & Virtue 4: Security

Safety Culture & Virtue 3: Families

Safety Culture & Virtue 2: End of Life Care