Career
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...
Best Practices
Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
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Career
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...
Insights
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...
Career
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...
Should Fresh Flowers Be Allowed in Hospitals?
A beautiful comfort to patients or a disease spreading hazard —
what is the place of a bouquet of flowers in a hospital?
TIME magazine reported five...
4 All-Natural and EASY Winter Beauty Hacks for Nurses
You’ve already got enough problems—winter beauty woes shouldn’t add more. However, we know that finding (and buying) products meant to help nourish dry skin...
Did you read it? -“10 Secrets That Nurses Keep From Their Patients”
What secrets do you keep from your patients? In a recent article featured on The Huffington Post, a part-time nurse and full-time mom pulls back the...
Survey Shows Nurses Okay with Pay, Prefer Different Practice Setting
Most nurses are satisfied with their annual compensation, but 68% to 88% indicate dissatisfaction with their practice setting, and nearly half would not choose...
RNs More likely to Identify High-Risk Medication Discrepancies
A new study out of University of Missouri caught our attention and deals with an important issue for nurses -safe practices and distinguishing differences in...
What Do Nurses Think About Tattoos?
Historically, if you mentioned the word “tattoo” to a nurse, you might as well have drawn a line in the skin—er, sand. On one end of...