Career
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...
Best Practices
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...
Daily Life
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...
Career
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,...
Daily Life
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...
What NOT To Do This Holiday Season
We nurses sometimes forget to separate our personal lives from our work ones. For some reason, we tend to socialize with the very same...
The Indispensable Nursing Gear List
In the working world of being a nurse we evolve into our own niche of things. We give and take report a certain way,...
How To Keep Your Cool Around Non-Compliant Patients
There is usually more to working with patients than finding out what is wrong with them medically. You might encounter reluctance toward following the...
The #1 Stressful Thing About Being A Nurse
So, we all know there are a million things that ‘stress’ us out during our shifts. Do I really need to list them? Here...
Are You Making These 5 Big Communication Mistakes?
Communication is the foundation of everything we do. It’s how we implement our interventions, how we coordinate tertiary care and how we educate everyone...
The Safest And Healthiest Ways To Vent At Work
It’s not like being a nurse is stressful or anything. Right? (insert sarcasm). I mean c’mon our day at work is all about everything...