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Should Staffing Improve?

By Gayle Porter
October 27, 2023

It was a big moment. For the first time in my nursing career, I was wearing slacks, a sweater, and professional shoes instead of scrubs and sneakers. I missed

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Can Error Reports Help Our Patients?

By Gayle Porter
September 29, 2023

Robust error reporting has done wonders for the health industry. We no longer need to guess when a problem could occur. Most clinical staff carry a mental list of

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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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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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Should Staffing Improve?

Can Error Reports Help Our Patients?

Why Nurses Should Lead

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

It’s Time to Retire the Lunch & Learn

Where Nurses Bury Their Stories