This month’s issue of Nursing Connections™ is filled with resources for nurses, including information on assertiveness skills and finding a job when circumstances seem to be against you.

Donna's Book Pix: Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) by Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP, FAAN Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses is for nurses who are interested in changing their attitudes and behaviors so they obtain greater personal and professional satisfaction. The book includes information on turning anger and apathy into constructive action, saying no to impossible demands, and leading from within.

Cool Nursing Web Site:
American Nurses Foundation
The American Nurses Foundation promotes the health of the public and advances the nursing profession through the development and support of programs of excellence. Site features info on research grants, health policy scholar-in-residence opportunity and offers a donor center.
For more, visit www.anfonline.org.

Career Article:
Picking Up the Pieces of Your Career
I’m often contacted by nurses who’ve had unique challenges in their professional life: a past history of substance abuse, serious illness, or departure from a job under less-than-ideal circumstances. Read more.

News You Can Use: Nursing Gets a Boost From Recovery Act The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has slotted $500 million for education and training of health professionals. Nursing groups would like at least $100 million to go to the federal Nursing Workforce Development Programs, which offer loan repayments for nurses who work in underserved areas or teach in nursing schools; grants for advanced degree nursing programs; and grants to students from underrepresented minorities in nursing. Updates about monies from the stimulus bill will be posted at www.hhs.gov/recovery

Quote of the Month:
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
— Christopher Reeve

Donna's Blog
Nurse Jackie
I’ve just had the opportunity to view the first episode of Nurse Jackie - a new drama premiering on June 8 on the Showtime Channel. You can preview the episode at www.sho.com/site/vip/home.do?source=m_nj1_home_may09_vip by entering the password "shift happens." Read more at www.nurse-power.net/blog.

Entrepreneur Spotlight:
Echo Heron, RN, is a New York Times bestselling and a pioneer author in the true medicine genre. Her first book, Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse, was a brutally honest account of a nurse’s daily life behind the closed doors of a hospital's critical care unit. She penned seven other books, including a medical mystery thriller series.

Heron was a critical care RN for 18 years in the San Francisco Bay area. Today, she presents motivational and commencement speeches for nursing students and nurses, lectures for laypeople on how to protect themselves as patients and get the best healthcare available, and political lectures that cover topics like whistle-blowing, use of unlicensed personnel, understaffing, mandatory overtime, floating, gender discrimination, and union representation.

To learn more about her, go to www.echoheron.com.

Upcoming Seminars: Double Header Event
Career Alternatives for Nurses®
October 5, 2009 — Las Vegas, NV

How to Start Your Own Business or Consulting Practice
October 6, 2009 — Las Vegas, NV

Come Meet Donna:
If I Publish a Book, How Will it Benefit My Business?
Panelist NJAWBO Marketing Club Meeting
June 15, 2009 - Bridgewater, NJ

Taking Care of You, Inc. — The Business of Self Care
Horizon Blue Cross
June 19, 2009 — Newark, NJ

Position Yourself for Success: How School Nurses Can Increase Their Impact and Expand Their Sphere of Influence
National Association of School Nurses
June 25, 2009 — Boston, MA

Toot Your Horn
American Library Association
July 13, 2009 — Chicago, IL

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

Book Donna Today
Donna has some great programs to get nurses feeling pumped up and positive about nursing. Call (800) 801-5796 or e-mail donna@dcardillo.com for rates, availability, and program topics. Fill out an inquiry form if you prefer.

Your 1st Year As A Nurse Ordering Information
Order a personalized, autographed copy of Your 1st Year as a Nurse directly from Cardillo & Associates. It makes a great personal or professional gift.

For colleges and healthcare facilities, Your 1st Year as a Nurse can be purchased at a bulk discount directly from the publisher. Contact us for more information at (800) 801-5796.

Available now!
Donna’s long-awaited second book, The ULTIMATE Career Guide for Nurses, is available now. Order now by credit card at 800-801-5796 or click here www.dcardillo.com for our secure order form.

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