Kids Color the World of Nurses
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, August 20th, 2009Kids have so many career options these days.
When I was kid (now I sound like my mom!) girls mostly became teachers, nurses or secretaries. Now they can be doctors, big game hunters or astronauts!
How can we teach them about the joys of nursing? How can we lure them into our profession?
At the Indiana Organization of [...]
More Time Caring or Patients
Written by LeAnn Thieman, CSP, January 3rd, 2009How much time do nurses spend with their patients? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF ) sponsored a time and motion study to determine just that.
To my amazement, the national average is only 30 percent of a nurse’s shift!
Through its national initiative, Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB),
RWJF’s goal is to increase that percentage at [...]
