Best Practices
What Are Your Top Nurse Tips For NOT Getting Sick?
We get it -nurses are always in the “sick” season. But with Covid-19 and the cold and flu season, it's important to share tips with our fellow nurses on...
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This Nurse Uses a Fake Hand to Comfort COVID-19 Patients and We’re Feeling It
Brazil has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticized for not...
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What Are Your Top Tips For A Newbie Nurse?
Let's hear your best advice and top tips for newbie nurses. What would you tell your younger self?...
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Stop the Panic: 6 Coronavirus Facts to Help You Stay Sane
Public health officials are urging healthcare providers and the general public not to panic over the coronavirus. Those...
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Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
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Do You Disinfect Your Steth After Each Use?
Do you disinfect your stethoscope after each use?
A recent study revealed that the contamination level of a stethoscope diaphragm after a single use is...
How Do I Deal With Over-Involved Families?
How many times have you wished for responsive family members? You know, the kind who will stay with the patient when you can’t, help...
Disaster Codes – Are You Prepared?
In this day and age, terrorism, bioterrorism, hazardous material and disasters have become common nomenclature to all of us. As nurses and health care...
May I Have Your Attention, Please? The Hospital Will Be Closing Shortly.
Ahhh. Doors shut. Lights off. Hospital closed for the night.
If only this were true. (Insert dream sequence…)
We all know the hospital doesn’t function like...
The Dark Side Of The Shift
I’ve always envied those who can flip flop back and forth between day shift and night shift. How do they do it?
I think I’ve...
5 Surprising Facts About Hand Washing
If you’re a nurse, you probably spend quite a bit of time every day washing your hands. Hand washing is the single best way...