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...

DOs and DON’Ts for Mixing Street Clothes With Scrubs

. "Help! My hospital cranks the air conditioning way too high!” writes one nurse from Florida, while another Minnesota-based nurse emails, “There are corridors in...

Avoid Burnout, Stay Flexible

. .  The Nursing Field is More Flexible Than an Experienced Yoga Instructor. . . Whether it is location, money, or schedule, a career in nursing can meet many...

You Can’t Be in Nurse Mode ALL the Time

Let's keep it real -you can’t be in nurse mode ALL the time.  So how do you set boundaries outside the hospital? Check out...

How to Create a Complete Nurse’s Survival Guide for Your Break Room

There’s nothing we love to see more than nurses helping nurses. Why? Because nurses have unique needs, situations and challenges, and few are better...

Nurses on the Front Lines: When Patients Attack

All nurses have stories to tell about “problem” patients. Usually, these stories are funny rather than scary. There’s one patient who finds ridiculous things...

14 Pieces of Advice For a New Nurse

Remember the good old days --fresh out of nursing school, new job, new shift, new hospital. Actually good old days might be stretching it...