Volume 16│Issue 2│Fall/Winter 2024
On October 1st, we entered the “winter arc”. The term winter arc is slang and is not formally accepted by Merriam-Webster. This slang refers to that time of year when the temperature gets cooler, the days shorter, and is a time of the year to review your personal goals and develop a plan to build on healthy habits. Think of it as a preparation for those New Years Eve resolutions all too soon to come. For myself, I view this as a time to look back over the year personally and professionally; what have I accomplished in 2024 thus far and what do I want to accomplish going forward? This perfectly aligns with our own organizational performance review time, right? I would encourage our Within REACH readers to take a minute, breathe, congratulate yourself for your accomplishments. Take some time to think about your year, personally and professionally. You may even consider adding submitting to Within REACH as a personal or professional goal in the coming year :) In this, the Fall/Winter issue of Within REACH, we want to remind you that Within REACH submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and that we accept stories and articles related to article critiques, human interest stories, literature reviews, evidence analysis, research, quality improvement, and proposed state or national legislation. Essentially, any story that aligns with our REACH professional model of practice is appropriate for peer review and publication. We would especially like to hear from those of you who have a potential Magnet story for our next certification! We want to keep the energy going and share in all of the good work you do for your patients and fellow nurses. By publishing in Within REACH, we have a recorded source of studies with outcomes and contact information and there is the potential to collect other stories for our next Magnet survey!
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