Tag: writing

  • Maslow’s Hierarchy: Understanding and Surviving the Healthcare Profession

    By Paul M. Dohse, RN, CDP                                                     Introduction Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a priority of care framework for healthcare. If you are pursuing a career in nursing, six priority frameworks are taught to structure best practice. They are Maslow’s Hierarchy; the ABC Framework of Airway, Breathing, and Circulation; Safety and Risk Reduction; Acute…

  • Narcissist Nurse Aides in Long-Term Care: Part 2

    Like many nurse aides, I have endured toxic workplace environments created by a particular aide profile for many years. In fact, as terrible as COVID was, there was something good about it; those aides with the profile I am talking about stayed home. Why? Well, why wouldn’t they? The government was literally paying nurse aides…