{"title":"If this is where we are in nursing, is this where we want to be?","authors":"Betty R Kupperschmidt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I realize this incident was a decision made by one Nurse Leader. However, I see an inappropriate and, yes, unethical focus upon leadership. Two classic articles support my concern. Meindl and Ehrlich (1987) argue that romantization of leadership negatively impacts collective efforts to understand and improve organizations. Hall (2002) challenged that systems do not make mistakes, people do. She does not advocate blaming people; her point is that people make errors that kill patients but fixing the systems without 'fixing' people won't work. Both systems and people make mistakes. When I study current popular leadership theories and models, I see an 'if - then' format. For example, if and only if the Transformational Leader enacts specific behaviors, then RNs will act like adults, come to work, and do their job. I love nursing. I truly am saddened to see the direction the profession is taking. We are refusing to give staff RNs the gift of being professionals. This is where we are, is this where we want to be?</p>","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 2","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30806561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing moral distress: challenge and strategies for nursing faculty.","authors":"Tammy Yoes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 2","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30806450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Bates, Will Massey, Shelby Yanus, Melissa Johnson, Jason Machado, Katie Hayes, Jordan Dove, Roomaisa Hirani, Acadiana Mencer, Jerie-Lynn Williams, Angela Gore
{"title":"Professional guides: bridging the gap between student and professional an assessment and challenge.","authors":"Matthew Bates, Will Massey, Shelby Yanus, Melissa Johnson, Jason Machado, Katie Hayes, Jordan Dove, Roomaisa Hirani, Acadiana Mencer, Jerie-Lynn Williams, Angela Gore","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Orientation and socialization of new nurses is both a time intensive and costly endeavor. Positive mentorship experiences during instruction are crucial to optimum development and growth of expert nurses. Research has shown an increase in the attrition rate for new graduate nurses (Mills & Mullins, 2008, Ali & Pantaer, 2008). The attrition rate is attributed to the lack of adequate mentorship by professional nurses to new registered nurses as they transition from the student to professional role. The expenditure to hire, train, and orient a new registered nurse is equivalent to a registered nurse earned income of one year (Mills & Mullins, 2008). In order to combat some of these issues, attention must be directed at supporting the nursing student during nursing school and facilitating a smooth transition for the student entering the nursing profession. A program has been developed to ease the transition from student to professional which commences during the nursing student's junior year and progresses to graduation. This preliminary exposure to a structured mentorship program during nursing school provides the nursing student the opportunity to experience and utilize their mentor to smooth the transition from nursing student to registered nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 2","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30806565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Largest study ever published on end-of-life care.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40174197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurses eating their young: are we teaching students more than nursing skills?","authors":"Curtis Baker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40174194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Think different: nursing innovation and Steve Jobs.","authors":"Jessica L Rackley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76710,"journal":{"name":"The Oklahoma nurse","volume":"57 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40174199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}