Don’t make another New Year’s Resolution! Seriously! Be honest. We say them. We may even write them down. Some go so far as to tell someone else. But we really don’t mean them. We feel no guilt or shame when […]
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Going to nursing school is challenging enough, but when you are trying to juggle your studies with making a living, it sometimes seems like you are swimming against a very strong tide. Just as you get ahead, you are knocked
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As a nurse, you probably already know how lethal heart disease can be. Many nurses see the ravages or the long-term damage done when heart disease goes untreated. In your busy day-to-day life, are you doing enough to protect your
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My mother always encouraged me to play with dolls of a variety of shades. She particularly would always want me to play with dolls that had the same complexion as myself. I never quite understood this until recently. I remember
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You might love your job, but even if you have the best benefits package in the world, are you sure you know how it all works? Many employees take a job looking first at the salary and second at the
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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so naturally we remember Dr. King’s I have a Dream speech. As you may know, he delivered the stirring message in 1963 at the March on Washington, in a dramatic and impassioned call
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For many nurses, going back to school is a challenge. Trying to find enough time in a day seems impossible and sustaining that commitment long enough to finish a degree program is daunting. But there are ways to find the
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Have you been feeling tired lately? Do you seem to have an extra chill in your bones that continues long after winter’s cold has passed? Or do you have the opposite problem – an unexplained racing heartbeat that comes and
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Statement from Dr. Eric J. Williams, President, National Black Nurses Association: I commend President Obama for his leadership in tackling gun violence, which hits communities of color and the poor the hardest. Nurses, first responders and physicians are on the
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When the Institute of Medicine recommended that 80 percent of nurses have a BSN by 2020, lots of nurses didn’t know what to think. While many in the field like the idea of having a higher degree, the logistics of
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