Thanks Tom,

Our education department is about close to being exterminated. I needed
this email to empower me to continue seeking my career in nursing
education. I know this is my lot in life. I will empower myself to
finish my BS in nursing so I can find a job in a school and then I will
be able to devote my energy to creating a patient focused nurse.

Joan
--- In mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com, "David Woodruff"
<dwoodruff@...> wrote:
>
> "Nobody gives you power, you just take it." -Tom Peters, business
> author.
>
> What Tom Peters is referring to in this quote is the fact that power
> cannot be obtained by position or education but in fact must be
> earned by creating opportunities through education and reflections on
> experience.
>
> As a nurse educator, you must recognize that power is important for
> you to be able to do your job. You need to have power to be able to
> create change in the healthcare system that leads to better patient
> care. You may talk of empowering your nurses; but really what you do
> is you provide opportunities and preparation so that when the nurse
> becomes prepared and meets the opportunity that they will have a
> successful outcome for their patient.
>
> Preparation + Opportunity = Successful Outcome
>
> To learn more about how you can increase your ability to empower
> yourself and others to higher levels of professional achievement
> please check out this month's mPower4Nurses PodCast at
> http://ed4nurses.typepad.com/mpower4nurses/.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> David W. Woodruff, MSN, RN, CNS
> President, Ed4Nurses, Inc., Seminars4Nurses, LLC.
> www.Ed4Nurses.com
> www.Seminars4Nurses.com
>