Slow down and check out the latest edition of Nursing Connections™: discover a Costa award-winning author, read an ode to a nursing cap, and learn how Nancy Nurse got her groove back. All is groovy.

Donna's Book Pix: Tiny Sunbirds Far Away Christie Watson When her parents split up, 12-year-old Blessing, her brother and her mom move in with her mother's parents in a village in the Niger Delta. Blessing's grandmother soon becomes a beloved mentor, teaching Blessing the ways of the midwife in rural Nigeria. Watson, a part-time pediatric resuscitation nurse in the UK, won the 2011 Costa First Novel Award for this book.

Cool Nursing Web Site:
National Nursing Centers Consortium
The National Nursing Centers Consortium supports nurse-led care and nurses at the front lines of care. The consortium provides national leadership in identifying, tracking, and advising healthcare policy development; it positions nurse-managed health clinics as a recognized mainstream healthcare model; and fosters partnerships with people and groups that share common goals. For more information, go to www.nncc.us.

Career Article:
How Nancy Nurse Got Her Groove Back
Nancy became a nurse 15 years ago. Back then, she was altruistic and full of energy and enthusiasm. A decade and a half later, she found herself unhappy, disgruntled and disillusioned. She frequently proclaimed that nursing was a lousy career and discouraged prospective nurses from getting into the profession. Nancy focused on the negative aspects of her daily work. Coworkers who once enjoyed her company now found her to be difficult, nasty and apathetic. Nancy's miserable attitude was affecting the entire department and her patient care. She was in a career rut and felt powerless to change her circumstances. Read more.

News You Can Use:
Listen Up
Listening to an MP3 player during your morning run may be more dangerous than you think. Researchers at the University of Maryland examined statistics from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System and other databases and found 116 accidents that took place from 2004 to 2011 in which vehicles injured pedestrians wearing headphones or ear buds. The majority of victims were male (68%) and under the age of 30 (67%). More than half of vehicles involved in the crashes were trains, and 89% of cases occurred in urban counties. The majority of case reports (74%) stated that the victim was wearing headphones at the time of the crash, and 29% mentioned that a warning was sounded before the crash. Researchers concluded that, although further research is necessary, headphones may pose a safety risk to pedestrians, especially in areas with moving vehicles.

Quote of the Month:
The moment you think you're 'too old' to learn something new, you begin to decline. Age is a state of mind and learning new things helps to keep you young and engaged in life. That's the secret to eternal youth — never stop learning — at any age.
— Donna Wilk Cardillo, RN

Donna's Blog at American Nurse Today:
Ode to My Nursing Cap
While rummaging through the attic recently, I came upon my nurse's cap. Now more than 40 years old, it had become a bit yellow and misshapen. As I held it in my hands, I felt a nostalgic smile cross my lips and was flooded with memories of what that cap had meant to me over the years. Read more.

Entrepreneur Spotlight:
Kescia Gray, RN, owns GrayKo Clinical Consultants, LLC, which offers health education programs, wellness seminars, and workshops. Gray's goal is to work closely with each client to help design a personal program that will help determine their needs and expectations and help them achieve their goals of optimal health and well-being of the mind, body, and soul at both the individual and organizational levels.

GrayKo's educational programs are designed to promote positive changes in physical well-being, by increasing physical activity and implementing other positive changes in lifestyle habits; emotional well-being, by understanding feelings, reducing stress, and motivating positive behavior; and social well-being, by building and maintaining healthy relationships.

Gray, a board-certified health education specialist and certified public health nurse, earned a master's degree in health services with an emphasis in wellness promotion. She has written several articles that have been featured in Corporate Wellness Magazine, and she is the coauthor of three self-empowerment books: Raising Healthy Children in an Unhealthy World, The Teen Handbook for Self-Confidence, and Transformation: Reinventing the Woman Within.

For more information, go to www.graykoclinicalconsultants.com.

SEMINARS
Career Alternatives for Nurses®
February 10, 2012 - Dallas, TX

DOUBLE-HEADER
Career Alternatives for Nurses®
March 19, 2012 - Atlantic City NJ
How to Start Your Own Business or Consulting Practice
March 20, 2012 - Atlantic City NJ

Career Alternatives for Nurses®
April 16, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA
Learn to Speak with Style for Fun and Profit
April 17, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA

CE CRUISE
"Dear Donna" CE Cruise to Bermuda
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May 19-24, 2012 - Bermuda
February 19 deadline for special room rate.

COME MEET DONNA
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