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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 15 2012

Getting back into scrubs I think that every nurse I know has a story about jumping in to help during an emergency outside of the work setting. I’ve had several over the years, the most recent being this past summer while out with my kids. It was an evening out at...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 8 2012

Teach People How To Treat You In the opening address at Nursing Management Congress 2012, Sharon Cox presented ways that managers can “add value in a time of volatility.” While this was a conference geared toward nurse managers and other administrators and...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jun 14 2012

Dear New Nursing Graduate... Dear New Nursing Graduate,Welcome! What an exciting time for you! I realize that it probably is somewhat of an emotional and stressful time as well. My sons just “graduated” from elementary school and through all the events and...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 12 2012

Specialty certification ---Updated March 15, 2021--- March 19th is Certified Nurses Day. A large number of nursing certification programs exist (I count 92!). This number alone tells me that this is something important that all nurses should consider. I was proud to use...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 28 2012

Feeling good about nursing! There’s no better place to get excited about nursing than at a nursing conference! I spent four days this month in Denver, Colorado at the Dermatology Nurses’ Association 30th Anniversary Convention. What an amazing group of nurses...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Dec 7 2011

A call for courtesy, please I had originally planned a different topic for this week’s blog post, but I would be remiss if I didn’t use this time and space to share my experience at my primary care practitioner’s office today. I went in for my flu shot, not...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 29 2011

What do you do when... I’ve been reading a lot of articles about ethics lately as I prepare to update our Focus On: Nursing Ethics collection. Of course, so many dilemmas that I’ve faced in my practice are coming to mind and I’ve been giving a lot of...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN May 3 2011

Back to reality I just returned from Italy - an absolutely glorious vacation…the people, the culture, the food…wonderful!!! I am now settling back in to home and work routines and got to thinking about how different this transition is for those of...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 28 2011

The Future of Nursing Roundtable On March 22, 2011, the Editors-in-Chief of the top LWW nursing journals got together for a roundtable discussion about the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report on the Future of Nursing. For those of you who listened...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 18 2011

R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R (Part 2) Hi again! Here’s part 2 of my mnemonics list. These tips need a little more explanation, but they worked for me, so perhaps you’ll find some value in them as well.To remember the types of white blood cells and their descending...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 17 2011

R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R (Part 1) As you can imagine, I do a lot of reading about nursing. Journals, books, newsletters, blogs - you name it and pretty much I’m reading it! I think I’ve mentioned before how some titles really hook me. I love lists, so when I come...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 27 2011

Snow day? As I sit here, looking out at the 16+ inches of snow, telling my kids that “Yes, you have another snow day,” I am reminded of the 'snow days' back when I was working in the ICU. Those days were a little different. They involved...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 13 2011

Getting ready for the future of nursing Have you made any adjustments in your career goals or education plans based on the RWJF and IOM Report , The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, released last October?I have been away from clinical nursing since 2001. I can&rsquo...

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