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The Gen Z Stare: How Nurse Leaders Can Support and Retain the Next Generation
What if Gen Z’s insistence on purpose, inclusion, and psychological safety isn’t a threat to our systems but a call to return to nursing’s roots as a caring science?
What if their boldness to walk away when their values aren’t met is exactly the kind of mirror we need to see the changes required in our leadership, culture, and systems?

Tamara Ramirez MASF, BSN, RN SD
Jul 233 min read
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The Powerful Skill of Empathy: A Nurse’s Superpower
Empathy isn’t always easy. It asks us to be present, to be vulnerable, and to offer the most human part of ourselves. But in doing so, we discover a profound truth: empathy is a superpower that transforms not only our patients’ experiences—but also our own.

Tamara Ramirez MASF, BSN, RN SD
Jul 174 min read
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How to Use Positive Memories to Soothe Stress, Anxiety, and Discomfort
Positive Memory Mindfulness is a simple yet powerful way to engage your mind and body in healing through recall and presence.

Phyllis Morton MSN, RN, CSD
Mar 183 min read
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The Art of Gratitude: How Nurses Find Beauty in the Tension of the Holiday Season
Gratitude often begins with paying attention: noticing the beauty around us, the support of others, or even the small victories of the day.

Tamara Ramirez MASFSD, BSN, RN, SD
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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Let’s Get Moving:
Consider incorporating these mobility practices and note the difference it makes for your patients, your hospital, and your well-being

Tamara Ramirez MASFSD, BSN, RN, SD
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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An open letter to new nurses:
Suddenly, I found myself leaning over the hospital bathroom sink, unable to control my tears and struggling to catch my breath

Tamara Ramirez MASFSD, BSN, RN, SD
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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Going Orange
I spent much of my nursing career as an after-hours hospice nurse. I would oversee 100+ patients from 5 pm until 8 am. All calls came...

Tamara Ramirez BSN, RN, CSD
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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Take This Job and Shove It
And Other Things Nurses Will Never Say... Every good care plan starts with an assessment. The first tool we use at CODE YOU is a...

Tamara Ramirez BSN, RN, CSD
Sep 1, 20212 min read
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That Caring Moment
I could see something healing come over her as she began to shift awkwardly in her seat. We were in a CODE YOU zoom session and had asked...

Tamara Ramirez BSN, RN, CSD
Aug 23, 20212 min read
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