During this license renewal season, I have helped several nurses who were working at a place they knew was not the right fit for them, but continued to work there anyway. I call this “the square peg in the round hole”. The fit could be with your coworkers or with the type of unit and type of patients. No matter how hard you try to force that square peg into the round hole, it just will not fit. You can push it, smash it, ram it or hammer it, but it just won’t fit properly. Are you working in … [Read more...]
Domestic Abuse Among Health Care Providers
Health care providers are some of the key people who should be able to identify domestic violence and provide the appropriate assistance and referrals. But what if the domestic violence is happening to that health care provider? What if one of our own nurses is the victim? What if YOU are the victim? As nurses, like all health care providers, we take care of everyone else, sometimes to the exclusion of ourselves. If you are a victim of domestic abuse, you may be thinking that you can help the … [Read more...]
Are You A Good Samaritan
Recently I was on an airplane when a passenger became very ill and went to the restroom. A flight attendant asked if there was any health professional available to provide help. My first thought was “Oh, no. I haven’t practiced in years! Do I really want to get involved? And, if I do, can I get sued if I try to help.” After a few quick moments, my heart went out to this poor person in need. No one else seemed to be getting up to help so I rose from seat. Fortunately, there was one … [Read more...]
Know Your Professional Boundaries
As a nurse or other health care professional, we have a special relationship with our patients. People expect a nurse to act in the patient’s best interest and to respect their dignity. It is extremely important for a health care professional to maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient. A therapeutic relationship is one where the nurse can apply her professional knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences to meet the patient’s health care needs. When patients need health care, … [Read more...]
The Problem with Multiple Professional Licenses
Did you know that if you have professional licenses in more than one State and an action is taken against your license in one of the two, it is most likely that an action will be taken against your license in the other State as well? Did you also know that if you have a license that is no longer active in another State, that State then can still take action against your license? These are examples of what I call, “the domino effect.” Are you wondering how these things can … [Read more...]
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