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Nurses On The Go: Weary Nurses I read with a tearful heart and eyes the article submitted about remembering our calling as nurses. I have been nursing for 36 years, called by God when I was 4 years old. I just wanted to help heal not just the body but the soul. I got my dream and have loved my caree...
Read more →Nurses On The Go: Remember The Calling When I wake in the morning, I never know what God has in store for this ole’ Nurse. As I drive to work, thoughts of what can happen stream through my mind. Will I loose my patience, or will the twelve hour shift take a toll on me, seven hours in? Will my mind s...
Read more →Volunteer Nursing The caring does not have to stop when the paychecks do, according to nurses around the country who have discovered the joy in practicing as a nurse volunteer. Nurses are needed in volunteer roles locally, domestically and abroad. Depending on your experience and education, you can...
Read more →H1N1 Recap It seems that every time the news is on, H1N1 is being mentioned. A short recap will put the H1N1 news in perspective and help nurses prepare for the upcoming flu season. The H1N1 influenza first appeared in early 2009 and it quickly generated a public uproar. It resulted in countless hos...
Read more →Nurses On The Go: Rashmi Sharma As a usual night shift, I was taking handover from my co-worker from previous shift. She continued her patient reporting, and I was being attentive throughout that. She mentioned about a new patient admitted during her shift. After receiving report from her, I headed...
Read more →Experts Foresee Surge in Demand for Nurses But Not Until Economy Rebounds While most experts agree that pursuing a medical-related job is a wise career decision, there is still concern among many nursing graduates as well as others currently in the field, that jobs are harder to find than they once...
Read more →Violence was escalating in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, when Seattle-based operating nurse Louise Fang arrived in early 2007 to start her first of three assignments with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Having recently retired from a US veterans’ hospital, Fang would no...
Read more →Free Nursing CEUs Many nurses speak disparagingly about free nursing CEUs as less than optimal training classes for new procedures or information pertinent to their practice as a nurse. True, some of the free CEU classes offered by our employers seemingly have nothing to do with the type of nursing...
Read more →Jobs in Nursing The many possibilities for jobs in nursing can be overwhelming to the new graduate as well as the veteran nurse. I am constantly learning about nursing positions that I never knew existed. A professor once said “imagine any industry, any business and I’ll bet you can find a way to wo...
Read more →Strong Future Demand for Nurses Looming Over the Recession Horizon The current year-long economic recession took its toll on the nursing profession just like it did in all the other sectors of the economy. The Class of 2009 graduates of nursing schools, for example, are a bit disappointed to realize...
Read more →Dealing with Burnout in the Nursing Profession The recent economic woes have caused many professionals, including nurses, to delay retirement which in turn leads to an even greater risk of becoming burnt out in the profession. If we can recognize the warning signs of burnout, we can work towards bri...
Read more →Traveling Nursing Jobs Editor: Today’s post is from a guest RN writing about her experiences in travel nursing. I have recently been considering a traveling nursing job. I love to travel and there are parts of the country that I have yet to see. I have known a few travel nurses, and they all say the...
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