Insights
What’s Something You’re Grateful For That Only A Nurse Could Understand?
Practicing gratitude can be a game-changer: it has far reaching effects, from improving our mental health to boosting our relationships with others.
When you start to notice and identify the...
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...
Education
LPN vs. RN- What’s The Difference?
As the demands in healthcare rise, the need for nurses increases as well. Both licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and registered...
Career
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?...
Career
3 Signs You’re Ready to Pursue Your Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Are you a nurse who's ready to take your career and education to the next level? Have you...
Never Will I Ever Again…
You learn some things in nursing school. You learn more things when you’re actually nursing. Some of those things are useful, in an abstract...
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...
Just How Tragic Were Your First Scrubs?
When I think about the history of my scrubs, I say to myself, “Oh Lord Oh Lord Oh Lordy Lordy Lord.” Then I go and...
Inspirational Quotes Every Nurse Should Read
A good quote can lift you up when you’re feeling blue. It can inspire you to reach your goals. It can even make you...
Hi. I’m the nurse. We’ve never met.
Today, when stereotypes are rampant and when confusion is the common prescription in health care, I find it necessary to share my views of a...
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...