Improve On-The-Job Training For Nurses
By Donna Setterholm, MA in HHSA, BSN, RN 05/31/2024 Sometime in the mid 1970’s, health care facility executives decided to eliminate on-site departments of nursing
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Natural Leadership
Effective leadership, at best, is wise, timely, nurturing and efficient decision making. It is intended to utilize people’s strengths and mitigate their inadequacies. Numerous books
Effective Management Style
Most Effective Management Style Witnessed By Donna Setterholm MA, BSN, RN 06/26/2018 During the month of May this year, I experienced the most effective management
Ten Elements to “Understanding”
An ‘Understanding’ Filter – By Jeff Setterholm, Lakeville, Minnesota, USA, Edited by Donna Setterholm – November 28, 2017 English social word definitions are
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
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