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...
Longer Nurse Tenure on Hospital Units Leads to Higher Quality Care
When it comes to the cost and quality of hospital care, nurse tenure and teamwork matters. Patients get the best care when they are...
The One Mistake Every Nurse Shouldn’t Make
So I know when you read the title all you could think about was ‘what is it??!’ Anyone who is a nurse or on...
Six (Clever!) Everyday Nursing Tips
In nursing school we learned ‘by the numbers’. We were taught each skill step-by-step, one-by-one.
We graduated and moved on to ‘real world’ nursing and...
Why Did You Become A Nurse?
Or, alternately, “Why do you want to be a nurse?”
This is one of those ‘character’ entrance questions most of us get when we apply...
Top New Grad And Student Nurse Questions, Answered!
Walking in our shoes is not an easy job by any means. Those who need us, know us. And those who know us know...
Put Your Own Mask On First
I never gave much thought to the pre-flight instructions until I became a nurse.
More specifically, I never thought much of those infamously boring and...