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...
Your First ‘Code’
Lately I’ve been reflecting a lot on what it was like being a new nurse. Everybody remember their first code? Here’s a blog post...
10 Nurse Bloopers As Told By Nurses
We all know that to err is human, and can give us a chuckle in the meantime. And while it may be considered bad...
The Dos And Don’ts Of Nursing
Nursing is a vastly complex career, and a career in nursing can often be totally stressful and hard to manage. There’s so much to...
Did You Read It? Blogger’s Ode To Labor Nurse
Labor and delivery nurses --hard to put into words how much of a difference these everyday heroes made in the lives of their patients....
Nurses Need Happy Places, Too
Whether it’s under the covers tucked-in, or on the hot sand in the Bahamas with a Mai Tai, every nurse has their own idea...
Nurses Say Stress Interferes With Caring For Their Patients
Jordin Purcell-Riess has worked as a registered nurse at the emergency department at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., for three years. She describes...