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Your nurse blogs: The definitive list of nursing blogs in 2020!
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Your nurse blogs: The definitive list of nursing blogs in 2020!
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!
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We believe we have created the definitive, up-to-date list of blogs by and for nurses. Whether you want to learn, laugh, commiserate or organise, there is something for everyone here.
We believe in supporting nurses. We love how many nurses are taking the time to write, so they can tell us what they have learned, share their experiences, highlight issues that matter, or just give us something to smile about. Join us in following them!
To help you find the blogs that meet your needs, we’ve broken down the list into a few categories. To encourage you to interact with the authors, we included Facebook and Twitter links as well.
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FreshRN
freshrn.com/blog/
35,000+
Kati Kleber is a nurse, author of several books and public speaker, and at FreshRN she wants to provide “practical and concise information as well as encouragement and support” to new graduate nurses. Posts provide career and job interview guidance, professional “nurse hacks,” and practical tips for nursing students.
Nurse Blake
nurseblake.com/blog/
Social influencer Nurse Blake is an online phenomenon; his witty videos made so many fans that a banging Nurse Blake Party drew over a thousand nurses and student nurses. But Blake made his mark on health care even before he graduated from nursing school with his Banned4Life campaign, which pressured the FDA into lifting its ban on gay men donating blood. You’ll sooner find him on YouTube or Insta than his blog these days, but it’s still a place to go for practical tips and entertaining videos.
NurseCode (Nurse Beth)
nursecode.com
Beth Hawkes, or “Nurse Beth”, works in acute care as a Staff Development Professional Specialist but communicates her expertise as writer, speaker, and career advice columnist as well, “bringing awareness to bedside nursing and patient care concerns”. Her blog posts at NurseCode and AllNurses.com are practical and informative, aimed at giving nurses “self-help tools” they can use to thrive in their careers.
The Nerdy Nurse
thenerdynurse.com
Brittney Wilson owns and operates the The Nerdy Nurse blog, which presents practical tips for nurses and nursing students and mixes them up with memes and featured products and services. She’s a keynote speaker and social media personality and published two books.
Nurse Barb’s Daily Dose
nursebarb.com
“Smart, straight-forward advice from America’s leading Nurse Practitioner”: Barb Dehn is a practicing NP, author and lecturer who’s frequently appeared on TV and started her own health publishing company, Blue Orchid Press, and shares mostly health, wellness and parenting advice on her blog.
Donna Cardillo – The Inspiration Nurse
donnacardillo.com/blog/
Donna Cardillo, RN, is a “keynote speaker, humorist, master motivator, entertainer” who has been giving daily online career advice to nurses for fifteen years and “travels the world helping women and healthcare professionals to be happy in their careers”. Her blog provides career, life and entrepreneurial advice and includes sections called Motivation Café and Nurse Power!
Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway
digitaldoorway.blogspot.com
The Digital Doorway, which “Nurse Keith” started back in 2005, is one of the longest-running nursing blogs still publishing regular updates. Keith Carlson, who is a holistic career coach, author and long-time podcaster as well as a nurse, uses the blog to dispense “career advice for savvy 21st-century nurses”.
Healthy Workforce Institute (Formerly RTConnections)
healthyworkforceinstitute.com/blog/
Renee Thompson is “a nurse, entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, consultant, and kindness enthusiast”, who started her own company “with the goal to eradicate bullying and incivility in healthcare”. That company, RTConnections, grew into the Healthy Workforce Institute, which offers keynote presentations, seminars and consulting services. Her blog posts provide insights for nurses and managers on how to create healthier, safer, more successful and more positive working environments.
Nurse Practitioner Business Owner
npbusiness.org
Nurse Practitioner Barbara C. Phillips started this “Business Blog for Advance Practice Clinicians” to support NPs who have their own practices and help them “connect, share resources, and learn from one another”. Running your own practice requires management as well as nursing skills, and Barbara shares advice on issues like finances, marketing, time management and networking through her “Clinician Business Institute”, on this blog, and in numerous conference presentations.
Elizabeth Scala – Nursing from Within
elizabethscala.com/blog/
Elizabeth Scala is “a nurse burnout expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author” who works with hospitals and nursing schools to guide staff and students “to a change in perspective”. Citing “scientific theory, [..] quantum physics and the laws of energy”, she promises “fun, creative, out-of-the-box thinking,” and her blog posts often deal with avoiding or overcoming stress and burnout and building resilience as a nurse.
Beth Boynton – Confident Voices
confidentvoices.com, bethboynton.com
Beth Boynton, RN, MS, CP is a medical improv practitioner and author of Medical Improv: A New Way to Improve Communication, Successful Nurse Communication and Confident Voices: The Nurses’ Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces. Her blog posts and those of guest bloggers highlight inspiring real-life stories, nursing advocacy and effective communication skills in nursing.
Sean Dent
seandent.wordpress.com/blog-2/
Sean Dent is a “vlogger, podcaster, national public speaker, author and professional storyteller” who also ran the popular blog My Strong Medicine for many years, all while working full-time as Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. He now shares real-world nursing tips, how-to hacks, “brutally honest” opinions and personal stories on his new site.
Kid Nurse
kidnurse.org
Dani is the Kid Nurse, and it’s not just because she’s a pediatric nurse practitioner and mental health specialist. When she started her career she was the youngest NP in the country, having graduated from university and gotten her MSN degree when she was just 18! Never slowing down, she’s now an author and keynote speaker and manages the Kid Nurse website, blog and Facebook community to provide parents with evidence-based, practical and understanding guidance and information.
YogaNurse
yoganurse.com/blog-entries/
If you’re a nurse and you practice yoga, this might be just the place for you. Annette Tersigni is a RN, wellness educator, medical yoga therapist and meditation teacher who wants to use the YogaNurse site and blog as well as her work as speaker, coach, and author to “train nurses to be stress and pain relief experts”.
Nurse Alice
asknursealice.com/blog/
Alice, who styles herself as “America’s Favorite Nurse” in TV and radio appearances that have included Fox, CNN, NBC and programs like the Dr. Oz Show and The Doctors, is an ER nurse and Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares health and wellness tips and tools and the occasional recipe.
New Thing Nurse
newthingnurse.com/thenewthingnurseblog/
New Thing Nurse is the brainchild of Sarah Wells, who works as bedside ER nurse but is also passionate about coaching and mentoring other nurses and nursing students, which her team provides as professional services too. She blogs with eager cheer about practical work and study tips, tackles important issues like workplace violence and nurse burnout, and interviews other nurses about the challenges in their fields.
Cancer Harbors
cancerharbors.com/blog/
Alene Nitzky is a health coach, cancer exercise trainer, and the author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care. Having experienced first hand as critical care and oncology nurse how patients struggle to get the help they need during their years of recovery, she founded Cancer Harbors, an online health coaching service for cancer survivors and their caregivers. Its blog provides ample guidance for them, but tackles broader issues in nursing too.
The Nurse Speak
thenursespeak.com/blog/
Nurse education consultant Damion Jenkins helps nursing students, nurses and organizations “master strategies for success” through individualized NCLEX prep tutoring, staff development and training, and his public speaking and writing services. He launched his blog in 2015 to share experiences and provide advice, and it now covers topics ranging from ethical challenges in nursing to NCLEX prep strategies and profiles of successful nurse entrepreneurs.
Nurses who blog about health and nursing
Nurse Nacole
nursenacole.com
A new nursing tip every day! Nacole Riccaboni worked her way through PCU and ICU positions but still insists “nursing school was the hardest thing I’ve done in my life”. On her blog she provides nurses and nursing students “with simple and fast resources” because “I understand just how stressful nursing can be and what resources will help students and current professionals.” You can find her on YouTube, Instagram and at speaking engagements as well.
Feminist Midwife
feministmidwife.com
Stephanie Tillman wrote her first blog post seven years ago as she struggled through the institutional dysfunction at her first job. She is a midwife at the University of Illinois now, “precepting students of all backgrounds, and serving the south side of Chicago with pride,” but remains as driven as ever to spark conversations about consent, trauma-informed care, sex positivity, reproductive justice and queer care. Her blog posts are both cerebral and deeply personal, and always thought-provoking.
Nurse Abnormalities
nurseabnormalities.com/nurse-blog/
Danielle LeVeck is not just an Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who’s been working in ICU since 2011, she’s a “blogger, nurse advocate, and social media influencer” too, with over 100 thousand Instagram followers. She strives “to inspire and empower the next generation of nurses” with “humor, raw vulnerability, and clinical precision”. Most of her recent blog posts focus on professional and career advice, from “Five Reasons to Become CCRN Certified” to “Your Nursing Resume Guide”.
The Relentless School Nurse
relentlessschoolnurse.com/therelentlessblog/
Robin Cogan is a proud school nurse with 18 years of experience, but her website testifies to her relentless pursuit of other opportunities to make a difference too. A tireless advocate for both school nursing and broader issues like gun control, she was named School Nurse of the Year more than once. She’s one of the most prolific bloggers on the list, covering a wide range of school nurse projects, community initiatives and advocacy campaigns.
The Nursing Site
thenursingsite.com
First launched in 2007, The Nursing Site Blog was one of the longest-running nursing blogs around, but Kathy Quan recently merged it with her main site, The Nursing Site. She’s been an RN for over 35 years, working in home health care and hospice, and written books like Exploring the Home Health Care Experience; A Guide to Transitioning Your Career Path. Her posts offer practical tips and professional advice for nurses and discussions of nursing-related news.
Community, non-profit and advocacy blogs
National Nurses United: The Blog
nationalnursesunited.org/blog
NNU is the country’s largest union of registered nurses, and its blog presents frequent updates on the state and progress of nursing legislation, actions to improve working conditions for nurses, and political strategies to advance healthcare reform. There are also posts about the hazards and challenges nurses face on the workfloor, and broader issues of inequality and injustice in health care.
Insights Blog – American Nurse Today
americannursetoday.com/insights/
American Nurse Today is the official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the magazine’s Insights blog features posts by a range of nurse contributors on professional growth, patient care and self-care.
Capitol Beat
anacapitolbeat.org
Capitol Beat is another blog of the American Nurses Association (ANA), but one with a specific focus. This is where you go for updates on healthcare legislation and policy issues, ANA advocacy efforts, and information about the impact of policy changes on day-to-day nursing practice.
The National Nurse for Public Health, The National Nursing Network Organization – blog
nationalnurse.blogspot.com
The National Nursing Network Organization is an advocacy organization which aims to support RNs and LPNs and promote wellness and disease prevention initiatives, whose main cause is to pass legislation that would designate a National Nurse for Public Health. Its blog primarily presents updates on the progress of nurse-friendly legislation and nursing activism.
The Truth About Nursing blog
blog.truthaboutnursing.org
The Truth About Nursing is a non-profit organization which “challenges stereotypes and educates the world about the value of nursing”. Its blog site includes reviews of how nurses are portrayed in film, TV and other media, calls for action, petitions and op-eds, and updates on nursing-related news.
Nursing school blogs
The Chamberlain Blog
chamberlain.edu/blog/
Chamberlain University, a healthcare and nursing school with some 20 campuses around the country, provides tips for students, career information, nursing news and updates about its programs on this blog.
Nursing@Georgetown Blog
online.nursing.georgetown.edu/blog/
The blog of Nursing@Georgetown, an online MS in Nursing degree program from the Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, presents information about nursing careers and professions in posts like “Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice by State”. But it also regularly tackles key healthcare issues nurses are confronted with in posts like “Communicating End-of-Life Care Wishes With Clinicians and Family” and “Improving Health Care Access for Survivors of Sexual Assault”.
Nursing@Simmons Nursing Blog
onlinenursing.simmons.edu/nursing-blog/
The blog of Nursing@Simmons, a department of the Simmons School of Nursing and Health Sciences which delivers online degree programs in nursing. Posts focus on career advice and information, relevant social issues, practical health-related tips, and profiles of students and faculty.
Nursing@USC Blog
nursing.usc.edu/blog/
The Department of Nursing at USC (University of Southern California) publishes blog posts about key healthcare issues and new findings in healthcare research, such as “How Health Providers Support People Affected by Childhood Trauma” and “Unsafe and Unwell: How Homelessness Affects Women and How to Help”. Other posts provide career advice (“Reasons to Pursue a Family Nurse Practitioner Career”).
Science of Caring – Dean’s Blog
scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/deans-blog
Every month, this blog of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing presents a post about “Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Student Milestones,” which highlights new research, grants, publications and educational initiatives.
On the Pulse
magazine.nursing.jhu.edu/category/on-the-pulse/
John Hopkins Nursing, a magazine published by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, its alumni association and the nursing departments of the Johns Hopkins-affiliated hospitals, “tracks Johns Hopkins nurses and tells the story of their endeavors in the areas of education, practice, scholarship, research, and national leadership”. On the Pulse, the magazine’s blog presents some of those stories and other news about initiatives and developments at the school.
Rasmussen College School of Nursing blog
rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/
This blog provides professional advice about the nursing profession and nursing education, answering practical questions in posts written by Collegis Education authors.
Marian University Accelerated Nursing Programs blog
onlineabsn.marian.edu/blog/
The Marian University Leighton School of Nursing provides an online-based Accelerated BSN program, and its website has its own blog too. Alongside news items and testimonials about the program, the blog dispenses practical advice in accessible listicles.
Ameritech College of Healthcare blog
ameritech.edu/blog
The Ameritech College of Healthcare prides itself on having “helped thousands of students graduate and launch lasting healthcare careers” for 40 years now, and offers a suite of nursing programs. The posts on its blog primarily serve to help (aspiring) students understand the different healthcare professions and career options, but also provide tips on the NCLEX exam and where to find financial aid.
Unitek College blog
unitekcollege.edu/blog
Unitek College “provides a superior education in the areas of healthcare and nursing” in seven campuses across California. At least once a week, its blog features a new post laying out practical information and guidance about the different nursing and healthcare professions or training and education options, but there is space for the occasional human interest story and a “spotlight series” profiling exceptional people in the Medical Assisting field too.
