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2010 Professionally Speaking

February 2010

• ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice: Make Your Voice Heard
  

January 2010

• Professionally Speaking: Looking Ahead in The New Year: The Initiative on the Future of Nursing
  

2009 Professionally Speaking

December 2009

• SBAR, The 4 Ps: What’s In Your Alphabet Soup?
  

November 2009

• Certifications
  

October 2009

• H1N1: Keep Your Eye on this Moving Target
  

September 2009

• Continuing Education Goes ‘Live!’
  

July 2009

• Back to the Future for Nurse Staffing
  

June 2009

• National Patient Safety Goals - Update for 2009
  

May 2009

• Investing in Yourself in Tough Times
  

2007 Professionally Speaking

May 2007

• Accelerated Paramedic-to-RN Bridge Programs in the U.S.?
  

April 2007

• What Does it Take to Become a Certified Nurse Case Manager?
  

February 2007

• Working in the NICU After Graduation?
  
• Role of the Forensic Nurse?
  

January 2007

• New Grad Seeks Advice on Sorting Through 'Perks'
  
• Changing Nursing Specialties at Age 50
  
• Pursuing a Career as a Certified Nurse Midwife?
  

2006 Professionally Speaking

December 2006

• Nursing Vs. Medicine
  
• Advice for Male Nursing Student About to Start OB Rotation?
  
• Are Nurse Refresher Courses Available?
  

November 2006

• Role of the Certified RN First Assistant?
  
• Is the DNP Soon to be the Entry-Level Degree Required for NP Practice?
  

October 2006

• How Soon Should I Specialize After Graduating from Nursing School?
  
• Flexible Options for Taking Pre-Nursing Courses
  
• Retired Army Medic Disillusioned with Quality of Nursing Program
  
• Differentiating the role of the CNS and NP
  

September 2006

• Teaching Critical Thinking
  
• Case Manager Education
  

August 2006

• Becoming a Nurse Educator
  

June 2006

• What Can I Do to Get My Confidence Back After a Poor Evaluation?
  
• What Nursing Specialties are Most in Demand?
  
• Do Advanced Nursing Practice Degrees Differ When It Comes to Training and Career Options?
  
• Am I Required to Disclose My Status as a Recovering Alcoholic?
  

May 2006

• What are my Options When a Management Reorganization Eliminates my Job?
  
• What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Getting my Nursing Degree Online?
  

April 2006

• How Do I Prepare for My First Nursing Interview?
  
• Should a Nurse Defy a Doctor's Orders When Patient Safety is at Risk?
  
• What is the Difference Between a Per Diem and Travel Nurse?
  
• Can You Shed Some Light on the Foreign MD to RN Phenomenon?
  
• Advice to Help Ease New Graduate Anxieties?
  
• Best Places to Find More Information About Different Nursing Opportunities?
  

March 2006

• Changing Negative Portrayals of Nurses in the Media?
  
• Considering Nursing as a Second Career After 25 Years in Law Enforcement?
  

January 2006

• What Are Some Jobs That Don’t Require Lifting?
  
• Can Nurses Accept Verbal Orders from Physicians?
  

2005 Professionally Speaking

December 2005

• Timid About Traveling Again
  
• RN Questioning Whether to Become a NP or PA
  

November 2005

• What Does it Take to Become a Certified Nurse Case Manager?
  
• What’s the Next Step for a CRNA?
  

October 2005

• LPN in Need of Encouragement Working Toward RN
  
• Are There Research-Focused Master's Degrees in Nursing?
  

September 2005

• Nurse Faces Difficulties Trying to Change Specialties
  
• Can LPNs Perform Annual Physical Exams?
  
• What is the Proper Pain Management Protocol for Nurses?
  

August 2005

• To Be or Not to Be a Good Samaritan During an Emergency Situation
  
• How Can I Become a S.A.N.E.?
  

July 2005

• Tactics for a Successful Job Interview
  
• Resign with a Professional Touch
  

June 2005

• Not Sure What Nursing Organizations to Join
  
• Ideas for Promoting Nursing to Young People
  

May 2005

• Who is Responsible for Obtaining a DNR Order?
  
• Is It Ever OK to Draw Blood from a Patient and Then Put it Back in the Patient?
  
• Are Aldrete Scores Still the Standard?
  

April 2005

• When Defensive Communication Training Becomes Necessary
  
• Doubting My Career Choice in Nursing
  

March 2005

• Five Rights of Medicine in a Retirement Community
  
• Searching for Scholarships to Earn a Master's Degree
  

February 2005

• Improving Communication Between Management and Staff
  
• Handling Unsafe Floating Practices
  

January 2005

• When Safe Practices Are Lacking
  
• Are Home-based Study Programs Legitimate?
  

2004 Professionally Speaking

December 2004

• How Do I Publish a Nursing Article in a Journal?
  
• Can a Supervisor be Held Accountable for a Non-compliant Staff Nurse?
  

November 2004

• What Are Some Non-clinical Work Options for RNs?
  
• LVN Interested in Being a Diabetes Instructor
  
• Nurse Not Sure Who's in the Right
  

October 2004

• Nurse Dealing with Demotion at Hospital
  
• Can IV Removal Documentation Stand Up in Court?
  

September 2004

• What is the Protocol for Handling Comotose Patients?
  
• Nurse Has Concerns Regarding Weight Based Drips
  

August 2004

• Can Hospitals Control Workers' Schedules?
  

July 2004

• Where Do I Start as an NP After Graduation?
  
• Career Options for Nurse with Back Injury
  

June 2004

• Strategies for Approving Hand Sanitizer
  
• Transitioning from ICU to PICU
  
• Validity of Peer Reviews
  

May 2004

• Choosing Stethoscopes and PDAs for Nurses
  
• Dealing with Employment History Gaps
  

April 2004

• How to Handle PCAs
  
• Life After Earning a BSN
  

March 2004

• Skills Labs in Hospitals
  

February 2004

• Considering Career Change to Nursing
  
• Being a Good Nurse Manager
  
• Becoming an ICU Certified Nurse
  
• Nurse Researcher
  
• Questioning Doctor's Orders
  
• RN wants an MPH
  
• Patient Advocacy
  
• Dealing with Colleagues
  
• Lapsed Licenses
  
• LPNs in Forensics
  
• Becoming a Nurse Recruiter
  
• The BKAT test
  
• LPN or RN?
  
• MBA Opportunities
  
• Becoming a Nurse Practitioner
  
• Obtaining a Green Card
  
• Nursing Adaptation Courses
  
• Foreign M.D. to Nurse
  
• LPNs Challenging the RN Boards
  
• Nursing Faculty Pay Range
  
• Transferring a License
  

January 2004

• Travel Nursing Question
  
• World AIDS Day
  
• Redbook Flap