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
Month: February 2017
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
Setterholm’s Law
Setterholm’s Law: 1986 © “A doctor’s orders are only as good as the nurses carrying them out.” A doctor can write all the orders he/