BJ Strickland – Nurse Guidance

Do You Have One?

If you are like approximately two-thirds of nurses, you don’t have an advance directive. Surprising as that number is, even

These days it seems that everyone you do business with wants feedback about their services; healthcare is no exception. (Press

Have you ever shared personal information about yourself with a patient or known of another nurse who got “too involved”

Even under the best of circumstances, social media can pose legal and ethical risks for professional nurses. Consider the three

Imagine that you are a new nurse, about six months out of school and working on a cardiac floor at

While it may sound like a term out of the military, fitness for duty is an increasing matter of concern

Every area of expertise has its own words and phrases with meanings specific to that field. Sometimes, however, a term

Ethics may seem an unlikely topic for a column about legal aspects of nursing, but the two are inseparably intertwined.

Given the pace of advances in medical knowledge and technology over the last fifty years, it can sometimes be hard