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...
Holiday Hierarchy
The holidays for any healthcare worker is tough. As a nurse we don’t get the ‘traditional’ holiday, so we either have to celebrate our...
Oversharing 101
As a nurse we all go through the ‘transference’ lecture. We are told to provide compassionate care to our patients, but don’t get ‘attached’...
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...
Find A Nursing Job With Help From Friends
Mention being out of work to a friend and they’ll be the first to emphasize that you do have a full-time job — looking...
5 Hidden Perks Of Being A Nurse
Navigating your way through the health care system is no easy task; just ask any consumer. Everything from the confusing medical terminology to the...
Nurses And Their Sixth Sense
Nurses do indeed have a sixth sense. No, I didn’t misspell “sick” sense. I mean, we have an instinct that civilians don’t have.
The nursing...