Nursing Link has posted an excellent article on lateral violence in nursing by Marijke Durning, RN. Amy is quoted in the article and her book, Lions and Tigers and Nurses: A Nursing Novella About Lateral Violence, is mentioned. Thanks Marijke!
Susan L. Bindon, MS, RN-BC has published a favorable review of the Nursing Novellas series in the May/June 2010 Edition of the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. She describes Nursing Novellas as a “fresh approach” to continuing education and a “welcome change” for staff nurses and nursing educators looking for new ways to teach about interpersonal issues in health care like lateral violence...
Amy Glenn Vega and the Nursing Novellas series are featured in the June/July Edition of CityView Magazine. To read the article, please click on the image or the link below. (The article starts on page 21.)
http://www.epageflip.net/issue/11662/20
Are we rude? Are we critical of any one starting out? Have many of us forgotten that we were the novice at one time?
Amy Glenn Vega, in her book Lions and Tigers and Nurses, makes me recall that I was at one time the beginner. I did not know the ropes. I was afraid to say anything. I am a Medical Librarian and reading Amy’s book makes me think about how I treat my patrons.
I will never forget my first medical...
AMEDNews:Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown
A survey of physician and nurse executives raises questions on how to implement zero-tolerance policies required by the Joint Commission.
By AMY LYNN SORREL, amednews staff. Posted Nov. 16, 2009.
One group of nurses banded together to try to get a physician unfairly disciplined, while another encouraged fellow nurses to disobey doctors’...
http://nursingnovellas.com/watchoutforworkplaceviolence
Judy Jacobs was in one of her first jobs as a nurse in 1973, staffing the clinic at an east side Detroit Chrysler foundry, when the brutality of workplace violence claimed a victim in front of her.
By Ann Kettering Sincox and Michelle Fitzpatrick, RN, MS, CPNP
For the last eight years, I’ve had the pleasure of being the MNA Consultant to the Michigan Nursing Students Association (MNSA) Board. Although each Board has had its own personality, there are some similarities. Individual members are all swamped with schoolwork. They are all amazed at what it takes to plan an annual convention. And, they all have horror...