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Every month Westways recognizes an outstanding healthcare professional from each one of our branch offices. Westways management and staff would like to congratulate the following individuals in becoming October 2011′s Nurse of the Month. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Orange – Jeannine J.

Long Beach – Damian E.

San Diego – Elizabeth C.

San Bernardino – Richard B.

Bakersfield – Catherine S.

Las Vegas, NV – Raeann M.

Albuquerque, NM – Brenda M.

Texas – Josephine H.

We would like to inform you that we will be moving our corporate office (Orange County) to 500 City Parkway West, Suite 130, Orange, CA 92868 – the building directly across from our current location. Our estimated move date is September 28, 2011. Feel free to call one of our friendly staffing coordinators at 800.575.9674 with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the move.

Westways Staff News for September 2011 was sent out today. Did you get it in your inbox? If not, you can view it here. Make sure to visit our home page and fill out the subscription form on the right side of the page to receive Westways Staff News once a month in your inbox.

Being that it is September and the start of a new school year, thoughts of education come to mind. This is even more evident as more hospitals seek the coveted Magnet recognition. A recent but quiet trend has been slowly making its way into the nursing world; hospitals are requiring their nurses to either return to school for their bachelor’s degrees or have a BSN before applying. I know everyone’s sick of this contentious topic, but the growing demands and responsibilities of nursing will require advanced degrees for nurses.

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…It’s Not Always the Physician

Today, more than a quarter of nurses report being bullied at work by supervisors, as well as fellow nurses.

Bullying is described as any behavior that humiliates, intimidates or manipulates someone. Examples can be not helping a registry nurse, making lunch plans to order food and excluding someone, gossiping and saying negative things about one another, or telling someone in front of patients, families, and staff what they did wrong.

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