Lifestyle

What’s The Most Embarrassing Thing You’ve Said to A Patient?

Mistakes happen. Nurses are only human, after all. They share intimate moments with complete strangers, which can lead to some surprising revelations. From everyday mistakes to hilarious encounters, we...

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...

Tell Me You’re A Nurse Without Telling Me You’re A Nurse

Here’s a fun, lighthearted nurse exercise to brighten your day. Tell me you’re a nurse without telling me...

Nurses Have Surprising Career Flexibility

More and more nurses are making creative career choices with their Nursing License.  While traditional bedside nursing jobs continue...

This Nurse Uses a Fake Hand to Comfort COVID-19 Patients and We’re Feeling It

Brazil has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticized for not...

17 Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat

Halloween is a fun and exciting time for children. They get to dress up as pirates, princesses and monsters, and receive an overwhelming amount...

6 Halloween Don’ts For Nurses

It’s that time of year again! Pumpkins and enormous bags of questionable candies are showing up on store shelves (well, okay, they’ve been there...

TED Talks: The Love Of Lifelong Learning

We here at ModernNurse love TED Talks! They inspire, encourage, educate and broaden our views of the world -with perspectives from experts, artists, educators, healthcare...

Typical College Student vs. the Student Nurse

We all have friends who didn’t go down the nursing school path as we did. Instead, they studied theatre, joined a fraternity or sorority, and...

Healthy Habit – Keep A Check on Things!

Get Your Yearly Check-up!! – I am a huge advocate of appropriate health screenings and yearly examinations. I am amazed everyday by 50 and...

How Do You Take Your Sick Days? We’re Guessing “Rare.”

Nurses know best the importance of taking care of oneself—from logging enough sleep each night to taking it easy when a case of something...