Why I approach staff and patients the same way
At GRC, and in my clinical practice, I approach staff similarly to the way I approach patients, and patients more like staff, than do most care givers. Huh? Other often ask, “Why is that?” It’s...
View ArticleNurses: GRC Offers Help, Not Demands
Today I’d like discuss GRC – the big picture. The Three Rules and the teaching content haven’t been the whole package since perhaps 2005. To make GRC a practical contributor to Nursing practice, I...
View ArticleMore on the Wonders of Walking Fast
A friend, McLean colleague, occasional GRC Content Editor, and excellent Nurse, Leanne Richard sent me a FaceBook comment I want to share: “Leanne Richard The walking fast thing and how you’re...
View ArticleWhat’s your default response – Yes, or No? For your sake, make it Yes
Whenever a patient makes a request, every nurse seems to have a default response, the one that comes naturally and first. Many (Most?) Nurses start in their thinking with No, often for excellent...
View ArticleHere’s how you can REALLY help Amanda T and other Nurses
I have a few more ideas to offer about Amanda Trujillo’s situation, about Social Media, about powers Nurses already have, and those we COULD have and soon, IF we decide to make it so. It wouldn’t...
View ArticleAmnesty International- why not a Domestic version for Nurses?
Here’s an idea unrelated to anything else I’ve suggested. My wife occasionally mentions Amnesty International activities she once participated in: to reduce individual vulnerability, each chapter...
View ArticleIdeas Born and Raised at MIT
I found an intriguing report:Nieman Reports | Guided By a Simple Vision. This piece is a brief discussion of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, highlighting a point of view I...
View ArticleThe high cost of American health care in one chart – The Washington Post
The high cost of American health care in one chart – The Washington Post. As found by Helen Haskell, who Tweets as @hhask
View ArticleCalvin & Hobbes, Kicking Butt, and How Not To Fail
Ever feel like kicking some butt? Sure you do, we all do. Calvin’s idea is fun, buy you can do fsar better, profit far more Want to make $ at it? Calvin has an idea, and a fun one at that: Calvin has a...
View ArticleTen steps to a better future, better YOU.
Not mine, but I like the presentation! (Photo credit: Mediocre2010) Have time to build your people skills? No, you say? Too busy, don’t see the need? Here’s why I’m certain you’re mistaken and...
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