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Certified Nurse Assistants Week is June 9-16. Nursing assistants, also known as nurse aides, direct care workers, caregivers, certified nursing assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed assistive personnel, orderlies, home health aides, or hospital attendants, provide hands-on care and perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff. More than 2.5 million nursing assistants help elderly, […]

How even shy people can master the art of schmoozing. It’s hard out there for an introvert—especially when it comes to working a room. For the less outgoing, “attending a networking event can be like diving into a mosh pit,” says Nancy Ancowitz, business communication coach and author of Self-Promotion for Introverts. “It’s downright scary.” […]

I shared an infographic recently that has really had me thinking about the impressions we make on others. Have you ever gotten the cold shoulder and wondered might you might have done to deserve it? Or been passed over for something you were sure you had in the bag — whether it was a sale, […]

Too often, dieting has a boomerang effect where you end up losing weight, then gaining it all back so where you start and end is, sadly, the same place. But new research, published in the International Journal of Obesity, has discovered a way to avoid this common pitfall: stick to a diet for 12 months. […]

A FEW YEARS AGO, the hospitalists at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., found themselves struggling. Their individual census wasn’t particularly high—between 12 and 14 patients a day—but their productivity was below par. Billing charges were being lost, primary care physicians were waiting days for discharge summaries, and the hospitalists felt they didn’t have enough […]

A FEW YEARS AGO, the hospitalists at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., found themselves struggling. Their individual census wasn’t particularly high—between 12 and 14 patients a day—but their productivity was below par. Billing charges were being lost, primary care physicians were waiting days for discharge summaries, and the hospitalists felt they didn’t have enough […]

A few weeks ago I turned 30. Leading up to my birthday I wrote a post on what I learned in my 20s. But I did something else. I sent an email out to my subscribers (subscribe here) and asked readers age 37 and older what advice they would give their 30-year-old selves. The idea […]

Congratulations, Lisa! Lisa is our Tuition Reimbursement Winner for April! She will be getting a refund from us soon. You could be next! “I am 52 years old and have a 20 year old son. I lost my job of 20 years and decided to go into the nursing field. I think its awesome about We […]

As I get older, I find myself drawn to news reports and research findings that provide information about how long I might live. After all, this is a key piece of information that would help me plan the most strategic and successful retirement, even though I think that I do not really wish to know for sure […]

Your personality influences everything from the friends you choose to the  candidates you vote for in a political election. Yet many people never really spend much time thinking about their personality traits. Understanding your personality can give you insight into your strengths and weaknesses. It can also help you gain insight into how others see you. Most modern-day psychologists […]

Guard it. Look after it. Make sure no one is trying to steal it. Know its worth, understand its value and don’t tell everyone about it. Don’t let people put a discount on it. Don’t let people make you doubt how precious it is. Don’t talk about how you’re scared of losing it or question […]

A new study shows that people with generalized anxiety disorder unconsciously label harmless things as threats, which may serve to further their anxiety. These findings were published last week in the journal Current Biology. Psychologists recognize several forms of clinical anxiety. The most common is generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, in which people frequently feel […]