Education
Celebrate National NP Week: Transition from RN to APRN
If you work as a nurse, chances are you love using your skills, and your compassion, to care for others. Perhaps you have thought about expanding your skills and...
Education
Exploring the Path to Becoming an FNP: Is a Post-MSN FNP Certificate Your Next Step?
In our ever-evolving world of healthcare, opportunities for growth are always knocking. And for many nurses with an...
Career
What Will You Do After Nursing?
Have you been considering a change of career? Nursing can be an incredibly stressful job. After the onset...
Career
What’s Your Favorite Nurse Side Gig?
Side gigs offer many benefits for nurses looking to earn extra money, enjoy a change of scenery or...
Career
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...
Feeling Tired? Skip the Red Bull
New research shows that drinking one 16-ounce energy drink can increase blood pressure and stress hormone responses significantly. This raises the concern that these...
4 All-Natural and EASY Winter Beauty Hacks for Nurses
You’ve already got enough problems—winter beauty woes shouldn’t add more. However, we know that finding (and buying) products meant to help nourish dry skin...
Survey Shows Nurses Okay with Pay, Prefer Different Practice Setting
Most nurses are satisfied with their annual compensation, but 68% to 88% indicate dissatisfaction with their practice setting, and nearly half would not choose...
RNs More likely to Identify High-Risk Medication Discrepancies
A new study out of University of Missouri caught our attention and deals with an important issue for nurses -safe practices and distinguishing differences in...
What Do Nurses Think About Tattoos?
Historically, if you mentioned the word “tattoo” to a nurse, you might as well have drawn a line in the skin—er, sand. On one end of...
10 Ways to Keep Your Nursing New Year’s Resolutions
There is a typical pattern to the lifespan of a New Year’s resolution: you make one (or more), spend all of January working on...