Why is LinkedIn so important to nurses? Because, dear friends, relationships lead to success! No matter how technical the world gets, opportunities still happen through people. As my Dad always told me, “It’s not always what you know, its who you know.” We have so many ways to stay in touch with people we would have…
Author: Carol Bush
Where’s Your Happy Place?
Winter is a time of year when I go a little nuts. Ok, let’s be honest, that would be even MORE nutty than usual. I spend hours pouring over seed catalogs and gardening magazines. I gaze out the windows overlooking the back yard…envisioning the coming year’s edition of the colorful landscape. I don’t know about…
4 Ways You Can Build a Personal Learning Network on Twitter
One of the benefits of having an online presence is making connections with professionals from all over the world. Many people consider Twitter as a way to comment on celebrities, or even as an always-on, instant newsfeed. For me it has another use: as a virtual Personal Learning Network that supports my professional learning and…
Positively Deviant Nurses - Why Not?
Pretty sure my mom would say my questioning the status quo started at a very young age . . . “If I said the moon was white, you would say it was black…just to be different.” I recall feeling frustrated when my kindergarten teacher did not want me to ‘color outside the lines.’ Why…
Patient Voices: What Matters Most
(Big thanks to my friends Carrie Tompkins Stricker and Madelyn Trupkin Herzfeld for inviting me to guest post for the Carevive Systems blog.) It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a healthcare social media evangelist. As clinicians, I think it’s essential that we develop digital competency, embrace social tools and participate in conversations online. One…
Get Your #Hashtag On!
One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag, a topic with a hash symbol (“#”) at the start to identify it. Twitter hashtags like #NurseTechMonday or #NurseBlogLove help spread information on Twitter while also helping to organize it. The hashtag is a favorite tool of conferences and event…
A Shout Out To Two #PeopleWhoRock
There are many people who have been key to my growth and development in healthcare social media. Through my blog, I intend to share stories about all of them…via a regular feature titled, #PeopleWhoRock…but right now, I want to give a huge shout out to two key people. First, oncology nurse leader Joni Watson, who…
Teach A Nurse To Tweet
I believe mastering conversation strategies via social media is as essential to today’s clinical practice as our stethoscope and our brain. Why? The world of healthcare has amazing potential for using social media to reduce waste, improve efficiency, quickly share research and allow healthcare providers to share accurate info with patients and families! I’m a…