Nurse, vote! Help us get out the nurse vote this November Donald Trump is not running. Neither is Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. But even if your heart might not skip a happy or fearful beat when you think of Kevin McCarthy or Steny Hoyer, the upcoming midterm elections are going to be as importan...
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Do you ever worry whether you’re doing this whole nursing thing right, or whether you came to nursing the “proper” way? Here on our blog we love to share the stories that nurses tell us about their jobs, and how they found their way there. Not just because each story can be an example for others, bu...
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Does getting there the hard way make for the best nurses? You might have heard already about Faye Lewis. The first job Faye did was serving fried chicken at KFC. She worked her way up to manager, even as she raised her son AJ and enrolled in college. Got a job as a Housekeeper at an Assisted Living...
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It pays more to be a man: how the gender pay gap in nursing persists The gender pay gap: the more studies confirm its existence, the more hotly it is debated. Research has demonstrated over and again that, overall, men with identical qualifications consistently earn more than women to perform the sa...
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Older nurses have helped stem the nursing shortage. But that means the workplace needs to change. “A perfect storm is coming for nurses,” we wrote last week. Right when the number of senior citizens who need complex medical care is about to rise sharply, a million baby boomer RNs with a deep and lon...
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Pride, passion, experience and expertise: older nurses have been helping to stem the nursing shortage, but a crisis looms A perfect storm is coming for nurses. Just when the number of senior citizens who need complex medical care is set to rise sharply, no fewer than one million nurses are leaving t...
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Louisiana joins the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Last month, Louisiana became the 31st state to join the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Louisiana is a brand new addition to the compact states as it never joined the original Nurse Licensure Compact. This is great news, as it will make i...
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Memorial Day: Saluting the military nurses of the “Greatest Generation” Memorial Day is the day we remember those who gave their lives in service to their country. Many of those were nurses and today we would like to take a few moments to remember and salute the military nurses of the “Greatest Gene...
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Get the most out of Nurses Week, check out these special offers you can still use! Nurses Week should mean appreciation and acknowledgement for all the amazing work you do… but let's be honest, it also means free stuff! Make the most of Nurses Week and get your fill with these special offers! We fou...
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Happy Nurses Week 2018! Enjoy some pizza on us! Do you have any good Nurses Week traditions? We have one, it’s delicious, and it’s all for you! For five years now, we’ve been sending free pizza to nurses during Nurses Week. Back in 2013, we sent 76 pizzas to 194 nurses at 14 hospitals across the U.S...
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They Need You: The Summer Camp Nursing Shortage We all know about it: there is a shortage of experienced nurses across the United States. The nursing shortage is real, as the demand for nurses continues to exceed the supply. It affects everyone, but the nursing shortage is felt particularly acutely...
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#NursesTakeDC: Why are nurses once again heading to Washington? What if you knew about a problem that makes patients have to stay in hospitals longer, suffer more infections, and make it more likely they’ll need to come back for more treatment? That makes nurses unhappier at their work, and more lik...
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