Patricia Yoder-Wise

Texas

registered nurse and editor

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The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

1 month ago | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionMélange is such a lovely word, meaning, basically, a hodgepodge. Doesn't it sound so much better? It is the proverbial “putting lipstick on a pig” type of statement. This saying is attributed to a radio host in San Francisco in 1985 when discussing the renovation of Candlestick Park, the city's outdoor baseball stadium (). He said the renovation was like putting lipstick on a pig, meaning it still was what it was before.
Learning From Life—and From Death | The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

2 months ago | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionA journal devoted to continuing education focuses on LIFE-long learning. If you did a literature search using that term, you would find several articles associated with The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Lifelong learning is recognized as a critical component for professional competency, as we have long known. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing document, The Essentials (), refers to this activity as career-long learning (p. 9).
Copyright: Who Owns What

Nov 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionRecently we have experienced a few questions from various perspectives about copyright. The intent of this editorial is not to provide an in-depth discussion of copyright law. Title 17 of the United States Code addresses the copyright law (). No, I did not read this 484-page document! Yes, I did recall copyright privileges derive from the U.S. Constitution, Article I ().
Education and People Safety

Oct 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionIf I tried to list resources for patient safety, this editorial would be pages long; and I could simply provide a listing without any commentary. A major part of our role as nurses, no matter what our role in nursing is, relates to protecting and advocating for patients. Even in research protocols we focus on protecting the rights of patients. Then I read the June 2024 JAMA Viewpoint: “Protecting Participants Is Not the Top Priority in Clinical Research” ().
CE from the CEO to the CNA

Sep 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionIf you aren't fairly well overwhelmed by the numerous changes happening in health care, you haven't been paying attention or you are practicing in some obscure area of the world. Just when I am determined to catch up on reading a particular set of nursing journals, a slew of new issues of everything arrives. Yes, each issue has something I don't read in depth, and yes, I at least skim every article in each issue so I know what is going on in my field. And, yes, I remain behind.
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Aug 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionOne day last May, I was reminded of one of the great tests of discrimination. The test derived not from health care, but from the world of symphonic orchestras. The original work focused on women and the 1970s (); today's issue focuses on a black percussionist (). According to Goldin and Rouse, the Boston Symphony Orchestra was the first to conduct “screen” auditions (performers audition behind a screen so the judges cannot see them) in 1952 ().
Let Me Be Clear—If Only We Could | The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Jun 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionIn December 2023, Wharton published an article with a subheading: Let's Talk about ‘Covering’ (). My nurse brain immediately perked up and wondered what I might learn from how other industries address the issue of covering. As we all know if we work in an inpatient facility, the issue of covering is a challenging one, especially in states where mandatory staffing ratios might include a specific requirement related to coverage during breaks.
Sales, Readers, or Advancing the Science: Why Does a Journal Exist?

Feb 1, 2024 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionIf you read my editorials regularly, you likely recall that I occasionally cite William Falk, who, until recently, served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Week. Now he is an Editor-at-large. He still writes just as well, but likely does not have the administrative accountability for all the other editors. In his November 10, 2023, Editor's letter, he identified the fact that photos connected with the war in Gaza had to be vetted because people who saw them couldn't believe they were real.
Mental Well-Being: We Need to Be the Canaries

Oct 1, 2023 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionSeptember was national Suicide Prevention Month. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that more than 48,000 people in the United States died by suicide in 2021 (). Considering the population of the United States, that may not sound like much—after all we had more than 335,340,863 people in the country as of 10:27 a.m. Central Time on Friday, September 1, 2023 ().
Who Really Controls Nursing and Professional Development?

Aug 31, 2023 | journals.healio.com | Patricia Yoder-Wise

IntroductionOver the past couple of years, I have been privy to more conversations from Chief Nursing Officers who have confessed they feel as if they no longer control the nursing budget. These comments often derive from community-based organizations, often medium to small in size, and typically not holding any national designations, such as Magnet® or Beacon. The Chief Nursing Officers definitely have input, but they perceive that the final budget is made by people in the finance department.