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Paying it forward: Nurses who teach and mentor “As long as I live, I will never forget my nurse superhero,” Ja’el Mitten told us in her response to our nursing superhero call, but she added something important. It’s because of how that nurse helped her when she was still inexperienced and insecure,...
Read more →Two days left! What special offers and giveaways are companies and organizations offering this Nurses Week? What does Nurses Week mean to you? Does your workplace do something special to express appreciation for your work? Did a patient pay you a compliment? One thing's for sure – there are a lot of...
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It’s Nurses Week! We’re throwing you a pizza party, and we got beats too It's Nurses Week once again! Millions of nurses across the country will be celebrated for their dedication and the immense role they play in creating a safer, healthier America. We want to say "thank you" too – and we'll make i...
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Nurses take DC! Marching for safer nurse-to-patient ratios Every day, nurses spend a lot of time on their feet – but it's rare for them to march! The last time nurses took to the streets in a nationally organized protest for better, safer working conditions for themselves and their patients was back...
Read more →Pizza vs Pasta: The holy war to end all holy wars The great pizza vs pasta war of 2017 started with an innocuous question. We had been planning NurseRecruiter.com’s usual nurse week pizza giveaways when I asked what seemed to be the obvious thing to ask: “Why not spaghetti? I mean, why pizza?” The o...
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Nurses eat their young, they say. But I met my nurse superhero when I needed one most! Where would a nurse be without supportive peers and colleagues? How different would your work have been without that fellow nurse who pulled you through, when you really needed the back-up? When we asked you who y...
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Closer than you think: Sometimes the nursing superhero is you! Who’s your nursing superhero? That’s what we asked you. Nominate a truly exceptional nurse: one who worked hard to get where they are now, and does an amazing job. Some of you recommended a close colleague, a mentor, or someone you’re pr...
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Show your experience: Take part in our photo contest! Nurses with experience are changing the face of the profession. Even though impressive numbers of new nursing grads are entering the work place every year, the share of nurses aged 50 or over is expected to reach “at least 40%” by 2020. The avera...
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She helped me through three open heart surgeries, and inspired me to become an RN myself: Nursing superheroes We asked: Who’s your nursing superhero? Who’s the nurse who made all the difference to you? Your role model, your dream colleague, or simply the nurse you admire most? You responded, and how...
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The Future Face of Nursing? This Nurse Is Very Experienced Indeed Kay Hodges is New Jersey's oldest licensed registered nurse. She’s also the Public Health Nurse for the borough of Emerson, New Jersey. That makes her easily the oldest licensed registered nurse of the state, and quite probably the ol...
Read more →Who’s your nursing superhero? Share your story with us If you’re a nurse, you’ll have had that one colleague. The one who just has this gift with patients, who they remember with a smile. The one you learned something from that changed the whole way you looked at your work. The one who makes you lau...
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Dear nurses, these two chronically ill college students have a message for you Online, they call themselves “Nemo” (“just keep swimming”) and “Tremors”. They’re college roommates, fighting the odds to get their degrees while struggling with severe illness. “Nemo” had her first heart surgery when she...
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