Collaborative Naivete: Post 83
I have a stack of books awaiting review. It remains my goal for 2010 to make more time to read and review new works as a value-added service to loyal readers.
Something called out to me about Confident Voices: The Nurses’ Guide to Improving Communication and Creating Positive Workplaces, written by Beth Boynton and edited by Bonnie Kerrick:
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In Collaborative Insight, I saluted the nurses who helped me improve my bedside manner and my communication skills; Read more »
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under Learning.
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Collaborative Indifference
I felt a little like tennis star John McEnroe as I read a comment from Dr. David Nash in Hospital Clash Puts Patients in the Middle by Dr. Manoj Jain, a special to The Washington Post, September 16, 2008:
Do conflicts between doctors and administrators harm patients? “Look at the epidemic of medical errors,” Nash said without hesitation. “Cultural strife leads to errors, and the number of errors shows the size of Read more »
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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Nursing Collaboration
Last week, hospitals across the US celebrated National Nurses Week, which led me to recall with gratitude nurses who made a difference in my training and kept me from harming patients. What better place to start than internship?
I salute Nikki, a nurse on the 7PM to 7AM shift in the Emergency Department of a community hospital in Cambridge, MA, who had a wry sense of humor and a knack for being in the right place at the right time. During Read more »
Posted: May 14th, 2008 under Learning, WaterCooler Collaboration.
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