We were not prepared for this. Not prepared to cry. Not prepared for an account as moving and revealing as this testimony by Stacey Phelps, a nurse from Alabama who volunteered to work in New York City to fight Covid-19. Earlier this month, when we asked you to send in your photos and stories “becau...
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We can’t wait to let you know about the first winner of the nurse photo contest we launched this Nurses Week! But we want to do more than that here. We want to thank all the other nurses who stepped forward and sent in their photos, and we want to share their messages with you. Some of your stories...
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Whether you’re a nurse or a nursing student, you’ll want to read at least some of the nursing blogs in this newly updated list of Top Nurse Blogs! Did we list your blog? Post our award on your site & link it back here! We believe we have created the definitive, up-to-date list of blogs by and for nu...
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When we watch the news, when we see stories of people whose health and lives are in danger, when we read accounts of human suffering, does being a nurse make a difference? Do we bear a special responsibility? A responsibility to “nurse out loud,” to take a stand and speak out? More and more nurses a...
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It's not often we get to link to Pork Business for relevant nursing content, but when the time is right, it's right! The website that proclaims itself the leading website in "pork communications" published a story with an unexpected angle last Friday, and it's too unusual to pass up: 6 Ways Pig Farm...
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“There but for the grace for God go I,” Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley started off when invited to contribute to a special Congressional hearing last week about Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Childhood Trauma. She, too, had been a victim of trauma and abuse, she revealed. And it was a school n...
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“I understand making sure that we have rest breaks and things like that. But … I would submit to you that those nurses probably do get breaks! They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day!” — State Senator Maureen Walsh That’s how it all started, with these remarks by a state legisl...
Read more →To celebrate Nurses Week we made this video to say nurses are… NOT superheroes. That’s right. We know the line: you’ll see it in all the cringy marketing stuff this Nurses Week. But it’s trite when nursing is real, and nurses deserve something better! If you like it, please share it with your friend...
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We know it. Your colleagues know it. The doctors know it. You studied for years to be a nurse. You have an intricate grasp of treatments and symptoms. You know how to juggle key responsibilities during long shifts without flagging. As Mike Ginsberg, M.D., put it in a beautiful post that went viral:...
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Last month, we asked you for your help after our designer sent us a new NurseRecruiter ad that was almost perfect, but was missing something very important: a photo of a real nurse… Fortunately, you came through and we received so many awesome nurse photos, it was really hard to pick just one entry...
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When the Spencer Dam in Nebraska collapsed in the wake of the “Bomb Cyclone” that flooded swathes of the Midwest, an 11-foot wave gushed through the breach, swallowing farms and taking down entire buildings in its swirling currents. The torrent threatened three counties downstream, which had already...
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When Terry Slinde walked into Iowa Methodist Medical Center one Tuesday morning last month to meet the person who had donated a kidney to him, he didn’t know what to expect. All he knew was how grateful he was to the person who’d helped him live. Imagine his surprise when he came face-to-face with h...
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