Nursing

DNP vs. NP- What’s the Difference?

If you could further your nursing education at the highest level to advance your career, what path would you take? Some may consider becoming a nurse practitioner (NP), while...

Nurse Scheduling Nightmares

How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling. ...

Advice To Management On The Occasion Of Nurses Week

Happy National Nurses Week, ModernNurse readers! We know your jobs are hard ones. You get all of the kicks and...

No ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ for Boosting Patient Satisfaction

The factors that determine the level of patient satisfaction with pediatric care vary significantly depending on which departmental...

More than 234,000 licensed nurse practitioners in the US

More than 234,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) are licensed in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse...

Text-Message Conversations Only Nurses Have

  How about it, nurses…do these look familiar ?   1 When you go out with friends and give your number out to a cute stranger…    .  2 When your significant other attempts...

You Know You’re In For a Crazy Shift When…

Mama said there would be days like this. Actually, Mama may not have known about days quite like this. Here are the early signs that...

16 Sure Signs That You’re A Nurse

. How Do You Know You’re a Nurse?  Here are 16 surefire ways to tell! . 1  When you show up to work on your off day for a...

11 Things Patients Say or Do That Make Nurses Scratch Their Heads

Patients are constantly saying and doing things that even the most seasoned nurses will struggle to understand. And by that, we really just mean “not completely...

Did you read it? — “An open letter to The View’s Joy Behar and Michelle Collins”

When Miss Colorado stepped onto the stage in her scrubs and spoke about nursing, we celebrated her. She didn’t sing, she didn’t dance, but...

WATCH: Miss Colorado Explains Why You Are Not ‘Just’ A Nurse

Nurses play one of the most important roles in any patient's life ... but sometimes, even they forget just how critical they are. During the...