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Compassion Fatigue Affects Nurses and Possibly Patient Care
January 10, 2012
As if staffing shortages aren't enough, the nursing profession faces another problem: compassion fatigue (CF). While the problem first came up in the early 1990s, it wasn't until recently that the medical industry started addressing it. Charles R. Figley describes CF as a secondary traumatic stress reaction resulting from burn out while helping a person who is suffering. Its symptoms are almost similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), except CF applies to caregivers who are affected by the trauma of others (Figley, 1995). Effects of ...
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How to Fire a Client with Tact
November 7, 2011
Firing a client (yes, in today's climate) can tighten your business and sharpen its focus. Figuring out which client to let go is easy. Doing the actual letting go is hard, mo...
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Should You Fire Clients?
November 3, 2011
Yes, I'm really suggesting you consider firing clients. Yes, even in this economy. You company can benefit from firing both good and bad clients. As you grow your business, it...
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7 Elements in a Thriving Business
August 12, 2011
Key factors to business success require hiring people who best fit the job and company culture, checking on customers to keep them happy, finding new clients, choosing the bes...
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Three Ways to Generate Leads for Your Business
May 27, 2011
Nadia de Villa identifies three approaches for generating leads and improving retention in Your Customers Are Leads Too. "Customer retention is far more co...
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Fix the Cash Flow Roller Coaster
April 28, 2011
Entrepreneur's Six Ways to Smooth Out Uneven Cash Flow hits the bull's eye in showing how you can even out your cash flow. It backs up what I've said about changing things aro...
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Natural Gas Companies Keep Drilling Despite Dropping Prices
March 6, 2010
The oil gas industry forges ahead with drilling without letting lower prices intervene. 12 more rigs went up in the U.S. and currently drill for natural gas bri...
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Shell and Devon Considering Investing in Natural Gas
February 1, 2010
Could a trend be forming? Exxon and France's Total S.A. are investing in shale plays and now Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Devon Energy Corp. may buy U.S. shale gas...
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Work for Uncle Sam
August 19, 2009
I don't mean give up your business and try to land a job with the US government or the local government. Rather, I'm encouraging you to look into bidding for government contra...
