““Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
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Powerful Voices
Speaking Truth to Power - NY Nurses
by Judith Sheridan-Gonzales
Our Lobby Day in Albany this year was a resounding success! Our nurses came together to speak truth to power — basic truths upon which the survival of our patients, our profession, and the very healthcare system in this state and country rely.
Truth #1: There’s a staffing crisis in our hospitals.
Last year nurses in 14 of New York City’s …Link to full article
by Lynn Allison
Here are 30 healthcare statistics that keep most healthcare executives up at night.
1. It costs nearly $250 billionto process 30 billion healthcare transactions each year (15 billion are faxes)…link to full article
by ATS Journals
Caring is a fundamental component of high-quality critical care. Yet, in the often myopic view to maximize the lives of others, we fail to recognize the chronic and insidious undoing critical care can have on clinicians. Leckie’s essay alludes to several costs…Link to full article
by Eric Titner
If you’re a nurse and you’re feeling burned out lately, the truth is you’re not alone. Available estimates Indicate that nearly 25% of active nurses are coping with some level of burnout while on the job. Despite being a rewarding and professionally challenging career path with plenty of options and opportunities, the nature of the work nurses do means that they’re particularly prone to experiencing professional burnout… link to full article
Nurses Say Stress Interferes With Caring For Their Patients
by Alan Yu
Nursing has long been considered one of the most stressful professions, according to a review of research by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012. Nurses and researchers say it comes down to organizational problems in hospitals worldwide. That includes cuts in staffing… Link to Full article