Nursing Leader — Carol Gino

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

During Nurses Week, we will be featuring a few of our nurse friends who have demonstrated leadership in Nursing!

Today’s Nursing Leader is Carol Gino, nurse, author, and advocate for true nursing leadership. Her articles have appeared in various publications, including New York magazine, Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, and The Chicago Tribune.

Carol, MA, RN, has more than 20 years of nursing under her belt, with experience in diverse areas such as ICU, pediatrics, and hospice. She currently presides over Starwater Press, and has published several books. The most notable book to date is the novel Nurse’s Story, which has been published in 9 foreign countries. Other published titles include Rusty’s Story (also a NY Times bestseller), Then An Angel Came, and There’s An Angel In My Computer. [Read more...]

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Horizontal Violence: Part I

March 29, 2012 By 1 Comment

Horizontal or lateral violence has been widely recognized as a problem in health care professions and especially in nursing. Nurses “eating their young” is such a commonly used phrase that I’m not sure people even take it seriously any more. It has been a widespread issue for decades in our profession , one that we should not only be ashamed of but that we should make every effort to eliminate.

I remember being a student nurse in the mid-1980′s. I was very unsure of myself back then. All of us juniors were struggling with our schedules and with wondering if we were making the right career choice, and I was no exception. I was strong academically but tended to be anxious in some situations and was surprisingly shy and tentative when talking to the nurses on the floor. [Read more...]

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Healthcare Reform

July 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Healthcare reform is an especially complex issue, involving many moral, spiritual, and political views. Judeo Christian social teaching includes justice, subsidiarity, and the common good. The healthcare reform debate questions the fairness of forcing those more fortunate to provide healthcare to the less fortunate.

Judeo Christian social teaching would indicate healthcare decisions be made not only on the basis of what is good for us personally, but what is good for us as a community. Christian views may see sickness as a punishment or as a window on immortality, reminding us not to prize life above all other values. (When AIDS was first emerging many felt it was God’s wrath on the gay community, for example. We all needed to be reminded AIDS is a disease, not a punishment). [Read more...]

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