By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN During national nursing recognition week, I gave 7 presentations both locally and outside my geographic area. As is my custom, I usually give the leadership in the healthcare organizations a choice of a number of topics. This year, every presentation requested was built around the topics of stress, burnout and resiliency. The … [Read more...]
The 12 Hour Shift – Will We Keep Ignoring the Evidence?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams In a blog last year on the dilemma with the 12 hour shift, I talked about how in politics, the term third rail is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it … [Read more...]