One day I was rounding on the medical-surgical floor, and I was about to see a patient. The patient’s nurse had never rounded with me....

A great way to develop your mission is to have a sense of your vision. I have come to the understanding that your mission is your...

I have had the opportunity to earn my Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare Management, and I look forward to opening up...

No matter what number you give yourself, many of us will likely want to improve on some area when it comes to our abilities. Now think...

How many times have you wondered about your contribution and how important it is to the team, to yourself? Your contribution is...

Take a listen to the wisdom of Dr. Vincent Johnson on the importance of communication between doctors and nurses....

Sometimes we’re anticipating how things will go (negatively). Because one thing may not have gone the way we would anticipate, sometimes...

One day I had a patient who needed an NG tube placed. The patient’s nurse experienced as she was, could not place the NG tube. The nurse...

We may study similar topics, and we may treat the same patients, but we always tell the story from a different point of view. It doesn’t...

I have come across many nurses who have been frustrated in dealing with physicians. Many times I get the sense that these nurses are...

Most times I don’t hear a thank you from the person getting the compliment. I usually hear the person receiving the compliment almost...

For example a patient may have been bedridden with little activity. This patient would be more vulnerable to physical de-conditioning. If...

I enjoy PC gaming. The graphics are so vivid that some aspects of a game seem almost real. When I think about the ups and downs and the...

I have spent hundreds of hours trying to communicate as effectively as possible with nurses and physicians. This does not necessarily...

Okay, here is a glimpse at my dark side. Once when I was an internal medicine/pediatric resident, I had a conversation with an attending...

When I was a child, my parents introduced me to the concept of “good manners.” These behaviors were a sort of code of conduct that...

Throughout my life I have seen many people get into disagreements. Sometimes these have been physical altercations and other times heated...

“What’s the patient’s name?” I said. “I knew you would ask that question!” I had been called about a new admission, and as I held the...

I love to teach! I enjoy taking a difficult topic and explaining it in a way that people can understand. This fascination has been a part...

You wake up in the morning and prepare for your day ahead as a healthcare professional. You shower, get dressed, and make yourself fresh...