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COLUMNSFrom the CEO—On holidays, birthdays and sometimes on just ordinary days when we are all together, the family photo albums are dragged out. We gather around the collection of pictures, flip through the pages, share our memories and make disparaging remarks in jest to one another: “What were you thinking wearing that?” Or, “You look like a total dork there!” ... From the president—Who are you as a leader? In contrast with styles and qualities typically ascribed to leaders, self-awareness and learning from one’s life story are key to “authentic leadership.” Nurses have been writing about that kind of leadership in relation to practice, education and research for a long time! ... Kristene Diggins—I never realized the feelings that would ensue when I first began caring for elderly patients. I had little training and experience in geriatrics, so when asked to cover a nursing home shift for another nurse practitioner, I was unaware of the nature of the job. Ms. Henderson changed all that for me. ... Maureen Dobbins—September always brings a feeling of newness or rebirth. It seems appropriate, then, that in this September column we continue our journey toward evidence-informed decision making by focusing on the beginning of the process—to clearly articulate a focused practice- or policy-based question. ... Phyllis Griggs with Karen Hill—Even with refined processes and well-trained staff members, health care outcomes do not always meet the patient’s expectations. Nurses and nursing-support staff members can occasionally find themselves, or a peer, involved in a deposition or trial situation related to a patient care concern. ... |
