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Want to Influence Others? Learn How to be Enchanting
I read a summary of the book, Enchantment, by Guy Kawasaki. According to Guy, the key to influencing others while maintaining the highest ethical standards is to become “enchanting”. In my entire 21...
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What is “email etiquette” and why is it important to nurses?
As a professional nurse, you are expected to master the skill of effective communication, including email interactions. However, email has its own language and etiquette. We’ve all been on the...
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Student Nurse? 3 Email survival tips to protect your career!
by guest blogger Sydnee Bagovich a.k.a. The Grammar Nerd So much of our professional communication is conducted via email. What we say and how we say it can affect the perceptions that others have of...
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Renee’s top 10 tips for a successful nursing practice
Taking care of patients is the EASY part! By now you know that being a successful nurse involves way more than inserting an IV on the first attempt or accurately assessing a patient’s lung sounds. If...
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Professional Practice Tip for Nurses: Email etiquette. 3 words to never use!
This happens to all of us from time to time. We send an email asking for assistance with something and get a reply that starts like this: “You need to…” When your brain reads, “You need to….” It...
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NURSING ARTICLE REVIEW: THE IMPACT OF FAILURE TO FAIL
I recently conducted a workshop titled, “Preventing the Next Generation of Nurse Bullies.” In this workshop I discussed the importance of setting behavioral expectations in the academic environment....
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NURSING PRACTICE TIP: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE INFORMATION AGE
Have you noticed that we are no longer in the Industrial Era? We are now in the Information Era and bombarded on a daily basis with information. I’m sure you receive email newsletters (like mine),...
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RESPONDING TO NASTYGRAMS: WHAT’S YOUR BEST APPROACH?
Did you ever have a visceral reaction to an email? I call these emails, nastygrams. They are usually sent by someone who is angry about something and then choose email as their method of communicating...
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Nursing Success Tip: The secret to effective communication
A core foundation of every successful person is the ability to communicate effectively. Good communication skills are often cited as the most important skills organizations look for in their...
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3 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Greedy, Cheating Nurse
I was on a long flight to Honolulu recently. To add a bit of fun, the pilot and flight attendants invited the passengers to play a game. We had to figure out the midway point from Los Angeles to...
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