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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...

Top Unconventional Nurse Job: Medical Ear Piercing!

Did you know there is such a thing as a NASCAR Nurse? How about a Trauma Flight Nurse?...

Nurse as Maker: Democratizing Medical Innovation Starts Here

Inventing and improving medical devices can be a long and arduous process. Oftentimes it’s also a process that...

Countdown To An 80% BSN Workforce By 2020

by Elizabeth Ann Boman Miquelon BSN, RN In 2010, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known at that time as the Institute of Medicine, recommended that...

Telehealth Bridges Distance Between Patient and Providers

More than 50 million Americans live in rural areas, and many have limited access to health care. For someone living far from an urban...

Swimming Devices Could Deliver Drugs Inside the Body

A spherical bead-like device that is smaller than a strand of human hair swims inside the patient to deliver life saving drugs to a specific...

“Why Does It Take a Movie Robot to Show What Nurses Really Do?” – Did you read it?

It’s no secret that Hollywood portrayals of nurses are, uh, inaccurate at best. That’s why we knew nurse and author Kelli Dunham’s NPR article, which shares her...

What To Expect In The World of Nursing For 2016

The field of medicine is in a constant state of evolution, and nurses are at the heart of these changes. Each year brings new...

6 Apps That Are a MUST for Nurses

Working as a nurse can be extremely challenging at times. Not only are nurses expected to care for multiple patients, they’re expected to perform...