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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...
10 Ways to Keep Your Nursing New Year’s Resolutions
There is a typical pattern to the lifespan of a New Year’s resolution: you make one (or more), spend all of January working on...
5 Things Nurses Can’t Live Without in 2016
Stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, medication guides. These are all essential items that your patients may not be able to live without. Add a notebook...
Your Most Memorable Nursing Moments
It should come as no surprise to you that nursing is an extremely unique occupation. On any given shift, you witness human kindness, pain, strength,...
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...
Our Favorite Modern Nurse Comments
We love our Modern Nurse readers! Nursing is unlike any other profession and we definitely accumulate some incredible stories throughout our career. From humorous...
10 Nurse-Tested Tactics For Calming a Patient Before a Shot
From the tiniest of pediatric patients to full-fledged adults, you never know how a new patient is going to react to the necessary evil...