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...

What Will You Do After Nursing?

Have you been considering a change of career? Nursing can be an incredibly stressful job. After the onset...

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...

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,...

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...

The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned After My First 10 Years of Nursing

Nurses, some pearls of wisdom from Aunt Aggie… 1 If you have to mess with it, it’s wrong. Everybody’s heard the story of the nurse who connects...

Is Quitting Smoking On Your Calendar For 2016?

It’s no secret – nursing can be stressful. Whether you’re dealing with a patient about to code or two new admits at the same...

How To Prepare For A Workplace Romance

It’s one of those ‘under the breath’ hush-hush topics that is usually only discussed in the break room or behind closed doors. The dating...

Nursing Brings Out My Best

Reflection lately has made me realize something: My patients, students and coworkers see an Amy who is different to her friends and family. Actually, I...

6 Skills That Amplify a Nurse’s Sixth Sense

It takes a remarkable amount of education and training to become a nurse or a physician—especially in the ER, where staff has to be...

Nurses In Debt : Financial Issues Facing Today’s Healthcare Workers

With tuition costs rising throughout the country, graduate nurses, and Millennials in general, are entering the workforce with more debt than ever before. In...