Monday, January 08, 2007

What is on Your Mind About Nursing Right Now? It is my New Year's resolution to post to this blog more regularly.   Join me. Make it your resolution to comment on my writings.   Start today.   What is on your mind right now about nursing as you are reading this blog?   Just click on the blue “comments” link below this post and share your thoughts, concerns, hopes and fears. Others might want to comment. I know I will.   In the meantime, see what I am currently thinking about nursing as well as some of what I am hearing.   11:43:02 AM     comments.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Building Professionalism: Trust and Risk Taking M. B., a nurse from Alberta emailed me with some comments about professionalism:   "I highly value the principles of professionalism but find in some workplaces and amongst some nursing colleagues that this has varying connotations and meanings.  I have put this question to various professionals in health care and some exclaim that it does not truly exist. The more I search I have come to realize that professionalism in an institution is largely dependent on leadership's belief and value of professionalism.    "The extent of the leadership's belief is reflected in how professionalism is exercised and maintained in culture of that work environment. If this belief is low, then any kind of behavior is acceptable in that work environment. If it is high, then that the culture will be of mutual respect and high trust.  This indeed would be the ideal workplace but I am afraid I have been exposed to both in my life time career, thus far.  The first is "hell", the second is "heaven".   Read more... 11:43:36 AM     comments.

Friday, March 10, 2006

Some Fundamentals My friend and colleague, Mary Koloroutis, is working on a field guide to Relationship-Based Care. She has been looking over some of my old writings and asking me questions, trying to clarify some fundamental concepts. As we talked, I realized it is important to review those fundamentals every so often.   So, here is what I shared with Mary about Articulated Expectations and Authority.   3:31:55 PM     comments.

Friday, December 16, 2005

Leading for Change Recently a graduate student in nursing asked if she could interview me for an assignment on Leadership.   As I answered her questions ..."when did you first know you were a leader?", "where did you learn how to be a leader?" "what is the most important thing you learned?" ... I was led into some insightful reflections about change I'd like to share with you. I hope the readers will share their own insights as we 'blog-on' together.     12:23:48 PM     comments.

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