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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...

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...

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...

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?...

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...

Study Shows Working The Night Shift And Workplace Incivility Increases Nurse Turnover

A recent study focusing on why there is higher employee turnover for nurses will have you saying, uhh, yeah, we know. It should come as...

Did You Read It? — Nurses Grant Dying Man His Final Wish, Ignore Hospital Regulations

This story caught our eye as an example of nurses going above and beyond, and in this case around hospital rules, in order to...

Nurse’s Incredible Dry-Erase Art Cheers Up Kids At Children’s Hospital

Get ready to smile and be blown away with one nurse's incredible creativity and ability to help “normalize the environment” for his patients. Edgar Palomo is...

7 Tips To Stay Calm During A Patient Emergency

It’s an hour from the end of your shift, and you’re at the nurse’s station filling out some paperwork. It’s boring – and you’re...

Your First ‘Code’

Lately I’ve been reflecting a lot on what it was like being a new nurse. Everybody remember their first code? Here’s a blog post...

Does Employment of More Nurse Assistants Lead to Higher Mortality Rates And Lower Quality Care?

It's an important topic we've talked about before -do hospitals that employ more nurse assistants relative to the number of professionally qualified nurses have...