News, advice, and insights for nurses and the people who hire them.
National Survey Reveals Nurses’ Concern About Injectable Medication Errors The results of a new national study should come as no surprise to any seasoned nurse or healthcare worker. The study found out that a great majority of the medication errors arise from mislabelling of the safety syringes used...
Read more →Editor’s Corner, July 2007 I hope you all had a great 4th of July. Around where I live, we had overcast skies but the fireworks were great as usual. As we head into the warmest days of the summer, I hope you’ll have the opportunity to take a few days off here and there and make it either to the pool...
Read more →Should Nurses be Paid by Pharmaceutical Companies to Visit Patients? It is an intricate situation… Most states or local administrative regions do not have enough funds to check up and monitor all those who need medical treatment, especially those suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes and ast...
Read more →More Nurses in Decision Making Roles – Prospects and Challenges Nurses have always been at the front lines of the “healthcare battle field” more so than anybody else. They are the ones in close touch with patients and their families. They are the ones who are holding the pulse of the healthcare syst...
Read more →Nurses Need More User-Friendly Technology Solutions Nurses work hard yet most of the time they are also painfully aware that working hard in itself is not enough to communicate well with other actors within the healthcare system plus patients and their families, to avoid errors, administer the right...
Read more →Nurses4Nurses – Volume VII Number 3 – September 2006 Hi everyone, and I hope you’re doing well. Schools back in session and life is getting back to normal as we move in to the fall months. As I noted in our last issue, you can look forward to some exciting changes to NurseRecruiter.com over the next...
Read more →Nurse Patient Ratios: A Cookie Cutter Won’t Fix The Problem Staffing ratio debates have been going on for a number of years now. States like California have already ratified such ratios but without adding any real teeth to the law. Massachusetts has been battling for more than a year trying to get l...
Read more →SITE NEWS Hi everyone, hope this newsletter finds you doing well and enjoying the summer months. Albeit the heat is really on these last few days. Well I guess it beats all the hurricanes of this time last year. We have some very exciting changes coming to NurseRecruiter.com in the next few months s...
Read more →NCSBN Invitational Forum The National Council State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) convened an Invitational Forum today to collaborate with more than a dozen organizations. The purpose, to discuss the role that state boards of nursing play in the regulation of nursing education. The NCSBN was armed with...
Read more →It’s Time To Unite Having attended the National Council State Board of Nursing annual convention this month, I was once again reminded of the divisiveness of the nursing profession and the importance for us, at all levels of practice, to come together with a united voice. I know that it seems an imp...
Read more →Three Years to Redefine Insanity I once thought that travel nursing was something I could never do. I suppose there is no rational reason why I had come to that conclusion, but after my family had grown and left the home, I realized I had more time on my hands. Frankly, I was getting bored and wante...
Read more →An Open Letter To Nurses Dear Colleague, It is with great pleasure that I send to you my best wishes for a great National Nurses Week to you. It is a celebration to the noble profession to which you have dedicated yourself. A profession rich with tradition and committed to an ever evolving process o...
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