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Editor’s Letter Welcome 2009! It’s hard to believe the first month of the new year is almost over and even though there seems to be nothing by negative news in the media lately, a new year signifies a fresh start and hope for a better year than last. We’d like to wish everyone a belated Happy New Ye...
Read more →Among all the other difficulties nurses deal with in their day to day work, violence against nursing staff is becoming an increasing concern. In fact, nationally crimes against nurses and health care workers are as common as assaults on correctional and police officers. One Massachusetts nurse was c...
Read more →An effective resume is an important self-marketing tool for all nursing professionals. Whether you are just out of nursing school or a seasoned professional, and no matter what area of nursing you choose, a well-written resume will open doors of opportunity for you. The main purpose of a resume is t...
Read more →Did you enjoy our section in last month's newsletter about nurse slogans? Perhaps you would like to show the world how proud you are to be a nurse. Or maybe you are looking for the perfect gift to honor a fellow nurse who is retiring or just a little something to say thanks to a colleague. NurseRecr...
Read more →I remember it was my first month on the Labor and Delivery deck of a small New England Naval Hospital as a Naval Nurse Corps officer. I had never worked Labor and Delivery in my 7 years prior while in civilian service and was intentionally trying to do everything by the book. My patient was a Gravid...
Read more →These are sayings by people or unknown authors about nurses. Interested in seeing these on a T-shirt, sweatshirt, travel mug or a baby's bib? Nurse Recruiter will soon have a merchandise link on the website and give nurses an opportunity to order their favorite item with a choice of several nurse sa...
Read more →After working in a state-of-the-art pediatric emergency department for thirteen years, my career took a different path…sort of. I had triplet daughters that were starting Kindergarten and with no extended family anywhere near our city, I felt that I needed a career that would allow me to be on their...
Read more →In the last few years of my mother’s life, when she was suffering from myriad chronic conditions that had greatly decreased her mobility, my entire family – but especially my mother, the patient – was thankful for the convenience and reassurance of having a weekly visit from an Registered Nurse, Ann...
Read more →Most people outside the medical field – and a good deal of those within it – are not sure exactly what a nurse anesthetist does; some may have never even heard of it, or think of them as “assistants” to anesthesiologists. Nurse anesthetists have a long and storied history spanning over 150 years, an...
Read more →Whether you are a newly-minted R.N. or a veteran nurse, it is well-known that there are currently more Registered Nurse jobs than there are qualified professionals to fill them. If you’re on the hunt for your first nursing job or a new position, opportunities abound. But it’s important to find the r...
Read more →If you are a nurse who enjoys the challenge of working in new environments, meeting new people and gaining experience in different areas of nursing, you may be suited for Travel Nursing. Travel Nurses are, generally, assigned to positions in a location for a period of 13 weeks. Often, they are asked...
Read more →Any nurse who has worked in an urgent care setting will tell you that it is invariably the most severely ill/injured patients who say, I wasn't even sure I should come in for this, (and this could be anything from kidney stones to an MI to a deep puncture wound) and are the most apologetic about tak...
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