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...
12 Tips For Nurses Working The Overnighter
Working an overnight shift can take some getting used to and isn’t always an easy transition for an internal clock that is used to being...
The Opioid Epidemic: It’s Time To Place Blame Where It Belongs
The media is full of stories about the current opioid crisis. But unlike many national crises, such as the Flint lead-contaminated water crisis, the...
Marijuana: 4 Facts Every Nurse Needs To Know
Since the beginning of the last century, the use of marijuana in the United States has been a legal taboo, no matter what the...
New App Could Be Game Changer For Code Blue Team
A newly released app called the Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Mobile Application has helped save the lives of numerous patients whose hearts had stopped during...
Nurses Say Stress Interferes With Caring For Their Patients
Jordin Purcell-Riess has worked as a registered nurse at the emergency department at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., for three years. She describes...
Can Nurses Have Fun Without Risking It All?
I’ve previously mentioned that, as health care professionals, we are never really “off the clock.” Some health care professionals have discovered the hard way...