Hot topics covered in this edition of Nursing Connections™, guaranteed to warm up a cool spring day, include nursing ratios, leadership skills, connecting with patients, and second-career nurses. Hope the daffodils are blooming where you are!

Donna's Book Pix: Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care by Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, Tanya Bretherton Safety in Numbers examines the arguments for and against legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios. Using survey data, interviews, and other original research, the authors weigh the cost, benefits, and effectiveness of ratios in California and Victoria, Australia, the two places where RN staffing levels have been mandated the longest.

Cool Nursing Web Site:
NurseTV
NurseTV is an Internet Television Network and nationally syndicated television show devoted to nurses and the nursing profession.

NurseTV.com provides the nursing community with 24-hour access to nursing news, entertainment and information. From extensive coverage of nursing conventions to in-depth profiles of the nation's best nurses, NurseTV.com offers high-quality video coverage of the nursing world.

For more, visit www.nursetv.com.

Career Article:
Make the Connection
A woman who had written a book about her complete recovery from a devastating stroke was recently a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Some of her comments about the nurses she encountered startled and saddened me. But her remarks made me reflect on how I, and each of us, relate to patients. Read more.

News You Can Use: Transition to Success: Enhancing Leadership Skills for Nurses Donna is collaborating with the New Jersey State Nurses Association Institute for Nursing to offer a series of four leadership workshops for current and future nursing leaders. This exciting offering is just what healthcare facilities need to recruit and retain tomorrow’s leaders and empower their staff. Each workshop is four hours long and can be presented singly or in combination: Making the Transition Moving Toward a Managerial Identity Managing People/Getting the Job Done How to Get your Message Across For additional information or to schedule a session, contact the Institute at 609-883-5335 and speak with Sharon Rainer (ext. 22) or Dr. Ann Curley (ext. 23). To learn more, go to www.njsna.org/associations/6274/files/TSP%20BROCHURE.pdf

Quote of the Month:
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
— Stephen Covey

Donna's Blog
2nd Career Nurses — Yeah!
An interesting study has come out of the University of Buffalo about how second career nurses are changing the face of nursing — for the better. Read more at www.nurse-power.net/blog.

Entrepreneur Spotlight:
Falcon Critical Care Transport, is a family affair. RNs Tim and Carin Johnson founded the company in 1998. Daughter Tanya Reisinger, RN, joined the team in 2001; she created the HR department and is in charge of training and education. Son Brian Johnson, RN, facilitated the development of the BLS division, developed contacts with many facilities, and incorporated advanced technical support to the operations.

Tim and Carin’s extensive backgrounds in critical care, emergency, trauma, and air ambulances, led them to see a need for the transportation of critically ill patients in a safe mobile environment to higher levels of care. Today, Falcon provides that transport in, but not limited to, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano counties in California.

The company provides basic life support and critical care transportation as well as NICU/PICU transports and special events standbys.

For more information, go to falconcct.com.

Come Meet Donna:
How to Use Public Speaking to Promote Your Business
April 21, 2009 - Manalapan, NJ

Position Yourself for Success
Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital - Open House
April 27, 2009 - Wyckoff, NJ
More information
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Toot Your Horn
April 28, 2009 - Long Branch, NJ

Take Your Career to the Next Level
May 4, 2009 – South Jersey

Nurse Power!™
May 11, 2009 – Paterson, NJ

Fed Up? Health and Wellness Panel
May 12, 2009 - Atlantic City, NJ

How to be a Star in Your Niche Market
May 22, 2009 – New York, NY

For additional program info visit www.dcardillo.com/events.html.

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