Health and Fitness
Family Life
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Keeping Your Family Healthy
November is known as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. While you’re probably already familiar with the signs and symptoms of this disease, you may not know how to prevent it. The...
Best Practices
Recognizing & Coping With Nursing Burnout
Nurses are often compassionate by nature. After all, one of the reasons you may have chosen nursing is...
Health and Fitness
Wearable Devices: Useful Medical Insights Or Just More Data?
Do you track your steps with a FitBit or monitor your heart rate with an Apple Watch?
Wearable devices...
Health and Fitness
Should You Take Dietary Supplements?
When you reach for that bottle of vitamin C or fish oil pills, you might wonder how well...
Health and Fitness
Food For Thought: How The Brain Reacts To Food
The reason why some people find it so hard to resist finishing an entire bag of chips or...
Did You See It? — Nurse Places 2nd in Boston Marathon!
Did you hear about the runner-up in this year's Boston Marathon?!? Sarah Sellers is none other than a full-time nurse anesthetist who lives in...
The Power of Pets
Nothing compares to the joy of coming home to a loyal companion. The unconditional love of a pet can do more than keep you...
Building Social Bonds, Connections That Promote Well-Being
Strong, healthy relationships are important throughout your life. Your social ties with family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and others impact your mental, emotional, and...
How Are You Getting Through This Brutal Cold And Flu Season?
Be honest. How are you getting through this brutal cold and flu season? We nurses need to stick together so if you have any...
What’s Your Self-Care Splurge?
I recently caught up with a nurse friend I hadn't seen for awhile. She is busy. I mean seriously busy. Here's her stats -3...
Are Exercise Posts On Social Media Good Or Bad?
We all have that Facebook friend -- or 10 -- who regularly posts photos of his or her fitness pursuits: on the elliptical at...