Evaluate or Value Nurses – Is There a Difference?
Panic or stressful feelings often surface within a nurse whenever he/she is called into his/her manager’s office to receive an annual evaluation. Many nurses know
Year: 2017
Health Care Act
Most US citizens, health care providers, educators, media and congressmen have no idea what the entire ACA law (Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare”) entails. They
Systems vs Goals
Forget Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead. Excerpts taken from James Clear – December 17, 2013 (JamesClear.com) We all have things that we want to achieve
Nurse Rounds, Bedside Reporting – pros and cons
Purpose of Informal Nurse/Patient Rounding by Donna Setterholm – 03/13/2014 Patient rounding is not a new concept; it has been utilized as long as I
Respecting, Valuing and Learning from Experienced Practitioners
Respecting the Experiences of Others – 11/24/14 by Donna Setterholm, RN, BSN, MA Experience needs to be valued no matter when it was acquired, for
Response to a CEO’s Newsletter on Four Current Health Issues
(My letter to a MN Health Care System CEO) Standardization? – A health care pipeline or patient progression is much different from an auto assembly
Does “The Customer Is Always Right” apply in Health Care?
December 11, 2013 from Donna Setterholm, as a staff nurse on a telemetry unit in St. Paul, MN Dear (CEO’s name left out intentionally as
Lateral Violence/ Bullying in Nursing
Lateral violence is bullying. Awareness is the first step in stopping these behaviors. There are many articles written on this subject. When reading this list,
Differences Between a Manager and a Foreman
Do You Have a Manager or a Foreman Leading Your Unit or Facility? by Donna Setterholm,
The Affordable Care Act – an explanation
Please read this before Congress “throws the baby out with the bath water”! By Donna Setterholm, RN, BSN, MA in HHSA – 02/21/2017, rev. 06/13/2017