A carefully delivered introduction. Enhancing style through a carefully delivered introduction.

Many times nurses are inattentive to the techniques of a proper introduction. A good nurse may know the techniques but fail to take advantage of the benefits that can be derived from an excellent introduction. A nurse should be aware of the benefits of a well-delivered introduction as well as the liabilities that can result from an introduction that is poorly delivered.

Self-promotion: a strategy for career advancement.

Self-promotion is a technique that many managers feel is contradictory to appropriate behavior. However, without self-promotion, many managers can cause their abilities to go unnoticed and to actually be their own worst enemy. This article presents strategies for self-promotion that can advance a manager's career and assist in marketing ideas and abilities to end the manager up in center stage.

When the health care manager is preoccupied with self-doubt.

Self-doubt may plague a manager and lead to lack of productiveness and unhappiness. This manuscript describes the negative effects of self-doubt and strategies that should be used if self-doubt occurs.

Storytelling as a teaching technique.

For centuries storytelling has been used a powerful communication vehicle. It is also useful in nursing education to enhance self-esteem, develop critical thinking, model behaviors, and to teach cultural sensitivity and communication skills. The authors discuss the use of storytelling in the nursing literature and in a nursing course.

Strategies to decrease medication errors.

Medication errors present a significant hazard to patient safety and have been increasingly in the news as studies correlate the nursing shortage and patient death. This article discusses strategies to decrease medication errors and increase patient safety during medication administration.