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...
9 Not-So-Harmless Habits That Might Be Disrupting Your Sleep
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Few appreciate a true, good night’s rest more than a nurse. A rare but mighty thing, sleep is pretty much always a main goal—second only,...
Nurse Summits Mount Kilimanjaro On World Prematurity Day
Brenda Kieran, a newborn intensive care unit (NICU) nurse from Providence, Rhode Island, and nurse colleague, Katie Baker summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, the tallest mountain...
Who to Treat With Statins
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Fat, cholesterol, and other substances accumulate along artery walls and form a sticky buildup known as plaque. Left untreated, atherosclerosis can...
Researchers Identify Role of Soft Palate in Flu Virus Transmission
National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues identified a previously unappreciated role for the soft palate during research to better understand how influenza...
Did you read it? — “Finding the Meaning of Death in a Concert Hall”
Death, dying, survival, rebirth, transformation….Sounds like an ongoing list of popular motifs for a final paper, doesn’t it? Or maybe, as you’re likely to...
Nurses on the Front Lines: When Patients Attack
All nurses have stories to tell about “problem” patients. Usually, these stories are funny rather than scary. There’s one patient who finds ridiculous things...