Career
Have You Ever “Moonlighted” To Supplement Your Nursing Income?
More and more nurses are “moonlighting” to supplement their nursing income. Taking on a second job has become very common in the nursing profession. Many nurses ask for additional...
Career
What Will You Do After Nursing?
Have you been considering a change of career? Nursing can be an incredibly stressful job. After the onset...
Career
What’s Your Favorite Nurse Side Gig?
Side gigs offer many benefits for nurses looking to earn extra money, enjoy a change of scenery or...
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,...
Career
What’s The Most Embarrassing Thing You’ve Said to A Patient?
Mistakes happen. Nurses are only human, after all. They share intimate moments with complete strangers, which can lead...
Virtual Humans Help Aspiring Doctors Learn Empathy
For medical student Katie Goldrath, the first time delivering difficult health news came when she had to tell a young woman named Robin and...
Wireless Power Can Drive Tiny Electronic Devices In The GI Tract
Imagers, gastric pacemakers and other diagnostic and therapeutic tools could someday transform the way diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are measured and treated. But...
Let’s Talk Nerves
The other day at work, during a particularly bad hemorrhage in the OR, I went to open a package of laps and then “throw”...
Are You A Superstitious Nurse?
Does the idea of working on Friday the 13th make you squirm? Have you banned the “Q” word from ever being uttered on your...
Top 10 Things Nurses Say In Their Sleep!
A nurse’s job is one that tends to stick with you beyond typical business hours and job description. Even when you settle down at...
Can Virtual Reality Help Prevent Falls In The Elderly And Others?
Every year, falls lead to hospitalization or death for hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans. Standard clinical techniques generally cannot diagnose balance impairments before...