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Question of the Month

Q&A: What should healthcare facilities do to accommodate injured or disabled nurses?

September 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Responding to RN's June 2009 cover story, RNs offer opinions on how hospitals should assist, or employ in different capacities, nurses who become injured or disabled on the job.

Q&A: Would you be willing to float among nursing assignments if you could choose when and where?

August 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Responding to the May 2009 cover story, RNs comment on whether they would choose to float among nursing assignments if they could control their shift timing and locations.

Q&A: What is the most unique gift you've been offered by a prospective employer?

July 1, 2009
By:RN Journal staff

Nurses report the most unique and unusual gifts they've been given by potential hiring managers.

Q&A: What role should complementary and alternative medicine play in today's healthcare system?

June 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Nurses sound off on the March 2009 RN article on holistic and complementary nursing care.

Q&A: How does your facility handle present-on-admission protocol?

May 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Nurses' opinions on how their facilities treat present-on-admission procedures for their patients and doctors.

Q&A: How will the Obama administration's policies affect the nursing profession?

April 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Nurses' opinions on the effects the Obama administration's healthcare plans will have on American nurses.

Q&A: How does your facility assist nurses in coping, both personally and professionally, with the loss of a patient?

March 1, 2009
By:Catherine M. Radwan

Nurses' opinions on the availability of emotional and professional aid, at their workplaces, after they suffer an unexpected patient loss or medical error, as described in the "Sharing the load of a nurse 'second victim'" article from the December 2008 RN Magazine.

Q&A: How would remote electronic ICU monitoring affect patient care at your facility?

February 1, 2009
By:RN Journal staff

Nurses' opinions on the utility and effectiveness that the electronic remote ICU monitoring system described in the November 2008 RN would have in their facilities.