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Nurses Help Nurses Succeed, Stay Safe, and De-Stress

Nurse.com

Castillo said The Gray Dot program will be implemented systemwide at UCLA Health by the end of 2023. Thomas said a patient death, a co-worker losing a family member, or a particularly stressful day on a unit, for instance, fit the bill. “In 2020, we had 27 safety events and one workplace injury,” she noted. “In

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The Pitfalls of Being the ‘Nice’ Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective

Amercan Journal of Nursing

The next appointment wasn’t open until the end of January 2023. I felt acutely aware of how I might come across as the paranoid or hypochondriacal woman, or as the cocky nurse trying to play my card of “Hey, I’m a health care professional too.” “I know you’re worried, but I’m confident this is just a benign fibroadenoma.