Have you heard the commercial where a guy is listing his New Year’s Resolutions? They include learning three new languages and several more outlandish proposals. Do you find yourself in the same shoes as the guy in the commercial? This year, don’t get suckered in by weight loss commercials or talk show gurus listing ways to revamp your life! Resolve only to have a happy, healthy new year. Cheers!

Donna's Book Pix: Making a Difference: Stories from the Point of Care, Volume 1 by Sharon Hudacek, RN, EdD Making a Difference reminds nurses why they chose their profession. . . and makes healthcare consumers glad they did! It’s a compelling collection of personal experiences told by nurses around the world. The stories paint a true picture of how nurses impact the lives of patients from the moment life begins to the moment it ends.

Cool Nursing Web Site:
Nurse Power!™
I’ve created a new website to celebrate nursing — all that is good and positive about the profession. I plan to use this site to empower nurses to recognize and appreciate their value and worth and to feel proud about who they are and what they do. The site features resources, links, and coming soon - my Nurse Power!™ blog — where you’ll have an opportunity to add your own comments and stories.

If you have a cool nursing web site you'd like to share, please send it to me at editor@dcardillo.com.

Career Article:
Career Management Is a State of Mind
Are you one of those people who think that career management is something you do only when you’re looking for a new job? If you are, you’ll be missing the 21st-century boat as nurses "in the know" get a handle on managing their careers. Read more.

News You Can Use:
Risqué Waitress Uniform May Tarnish Nurses’ Image
A Tempe, Ariz., restaurant has come under the Center for Nursing Advocacy’s fire for garbing waitresses as "naughty nurses." Waitresses at the Heart Attack Grill — a theme restaurant whose specialties include the Quadruple Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries — wear revealing, provocative outfits.

While no one would mistake the wait staff for genuine nurses, they present an image of nursing that harms the profession and recruitment to nursing in the midst of the most persistent nursing shortage ever, the Center for Nursing Advocacy says.

A statement on the organization’s website www.nursingadvocacy.org goes on to say: "Constantly linking powerful sexual images so closely to the profession of nursing — to even the fantasy idea that working nurses are sexually available to patients — reinforces long-standing stereotypes about nursing. Those stereotypes continue to discourage practicing and potential nurses, encourage sexual violence, and lessen respect for nursing."

Quote of the Month:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou

Entrepreneur Spotlight:
Doris Young, RN, PhD, founder of Doris Young Associates, specializes in coaching nurses and nurse leaders to have less stress, more energy, and greater fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. Additionally, she offers coach training to others. Doris also owns a corporate wellness firm, Natural Health Resources, offering training and consulting to companies with a mission to improve the health of its workforce. Doris is a speaker and the author of Healthy Living in a Stress-Filled World — Workbook and Save the First Dance for You — The Complete Nurses Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patient, and Yourself.

Doris started her company while working on her PhD. She wanted to teach people how to deal with stress more effectively and bring spirituality into everyday life. After working with people in chronic pain, she found that this was an important part of healing and staying healthy. She also knew that approximately 75%-80% of all medical complaints are stress related. Doris notes, "[As a business owner] I like being able to focus on what I think is important and create the environment I enjoy working in. I love what I do, and I love the people I work with. I am passionate about the work I do, so it makes it joyful." She does admit that self-employment can get lonely at times.

Doris’s advice to other nurses considering becoming entrepreneurs: "Find your passion, make a plan for what you want to do and who you will do it for, decide how to accomplish you goals, and never give up."

Learn more about Doris, her work, and her books at www.NaturalHealthResources.com, www.DorisYoungAssociates.com, and www.SaveTheFirstDanceForYou.com.

Come Meet Donna:

Success is a Journey - Not a Destination
Communicate with Confidence
Valley Hospital Recruitment Event
January 11, 2007 - Ridgewood, NJ

Nurse Power!™
Learn to Speak With Style
Nursing Spectrum Career Fair
March 2, 2007 - Melville, NY

Seminar Double Header – Atlantic City, NJ
March 5, 2007 - Career Alternatives For Nurses®
March 6, 2007 - How to Start Your Own Business or Consulting Practice

Going for the Brass Ring
Nursing the Next Generation
US Military Healthcare Conference
March 11-15, 2007 - Bad Kissingen, Germany

Position Yourself for Success
New Jersey State School Nurses Association
March 17, 2007 - Ocean Place Resort & Spa, Long Branch, NJ

Induction Ceremony Address
Omicron Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
April 15, 2007 - Woodbridge Hilton, Iselin, NJ

Nurse Power!™ - Keynote
Take Your Career to the Next Level
Nursing: The Next Generation
Nursing Symposium 2007
April 16, 2007 - Foxwoods Resort & Casino in CT
July 10, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV
September 27, 2007 - Atlantic City, NJ

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

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