Daily Life

How Do You Handle A Mistake At Work?

Have you ever charted on the wrong patient? Hung a drug that had the wrong name on it, even though it was the drug that you wanted? Double-dosed a...

What Are Your Top Nurse Tips For NOT Getting Sick?

We get it -nurses are always in the “sick” season. But with Covid-19 and the cold and flu...

Tell Me You’re A Nurse Without Telling Me You’re A Nurse

Here’s a fun, lighthearted nurse exercise to brighten your day. Tell me you’re a nurse without telling me...

What’s The Most Surprising Thing You Have Accidentally Taken Home From Work?

We’ve all done it. You check your pockets when you get home from a long shift and bam,...

What’s A Good Nurse Appreciation Gift?

We've seen some interesting nurse appreciation gifts lately on social media. What's with the rocks? Or food running...

Nurses Go Clique-ety Clique

Heard at the lunch table on campus the other day, “I sometimes miss working in the mill”. This spawned quite the conversation, I must tell...

Up Your Nursing Game With These 7 Simple Things

Being a nurse is unlike many professions. Not only does it require constant learning and keeping up with the latest innovations in the medical...

The Role of Nurses in Increasing Health Literacy

As nurses, we tend to take for granted how much our patients know about their own health conditions. The truth is, many don’t know...

Color-Coded Care?

This isn’t a relatively new topic, but it’s a hot topic still up for debate. What do you think about mandating nurses to wear...

Music Is Medicine

Music is a true lifesaver. Once, after a really bad breakup, a friend convinced me to get up out of my misery and get on the...

Become A Critical Care Nurse, They Said. It Will Be Fun, They Said

I am a proud, critical care nurse, and I have been in that specialty for the majority of my nursing career. Over the years...