Ever heard the expression Nurses Eat Their Young? Somehow it’s meant to be humorous, though those who’ve experienced that abuse know it’s anything but. Perhaps you, right now, are a victim of a of bullying from other health care professionals. […]
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The weather is finally warming up and you may be dreaming about your vacation this summer. Travel doesn’t have to break the bank. If you’re looking for ways to save on your vacation, consider these four tips. Drive Airfare is
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Brittney Wilson, RN, BSN, also known as The Nerdy Nurse, blogs at thenerdynurse.com and authored The Nerdy Nurse‘s Guide to Technology. But a love of technology wasn’t the genesis of her blogging journey. What led me to starting my blog was a negative experience as a
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Being a nurse is hard. And stressful. Depending on where you work your daily stress level can escalate from 0 to 10 in a matter of seconds when a critical situation arises. Even worse, the average nurse’s stress level can
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It can be difficult to know what to say when someone passes away. Death is often an uncomfortable topic, making it hard to express your feelings of condolence and sympathy to the survivor. Here are some effective ways you can
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Keeping current with nursing industry news, health trends, or cutting-edge technology and equipment is a great way to boost your career. But, as many nurses know, finding the time to actually get that information in a class or seminar is
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Katrina Sanders, RN, ONC, is a clinical coordinator at Novant Health. In addition to being a nurse for 14 years, Sanders is a busy mom of twin one-year-old girls, a five-year-old, and a 10-year-old while still earning professional credentials that
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Each year, Minority Nurse awards scholarships to three outstanding nursing students. Selecting our recipients can be quite the challenge, so this year we teamed up with the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations to help us decide. And the
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Nurse-on-nurse bullying. Lateral violence. Hostile work environment. These are common terms for what’s sadly a common situation in many health care environments. If you’re being bullied, it can help to have a “script” that helps you face your harrasser. Peggy
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As you probably already know, Nurses Week began Tuesday May 6th and runs to Monday May 12th this year. That’s the anniversry of the birthday of perhaps the most famous nurse of all, Florence Nightingale. The U.S. Deptartment of Health
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