Category Career

Bullying in Nursing: How to Fight for Your Rights?

Fight for the nursing career you fought hard to attain, the role it has both at work and home. Justice for the forgotten one in the Bully’s world, the PATIENT, who is deserving and should expect nothing less than a professional, non-bullied…

How Advanced Nursing Education Can Help Your Career

As a mentor to young nurses entering the profession, the question seems to always arise as to how much education is “enough”. Although every nurse must independently arrive at their own goals and ambitions, there are substantial benefits derived from advanced…

Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant

Are you considering a career in the nursing field but don’t know much about the profession or where to start?  If you want to gain some experience and insight before fully diving in, perhaps becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is for…

The Important Role of a Nurse Mentor

In coming years, let us devote ourselves as nurses who are passionate about what we do and passionate about the lives entrusted to us. With those lives, those patients we serve, we have experiences to share and stories to tell with…

Increase Your Earning Potential with a BSN Degree

As a nurse with an associate degree, I’ve known for a long time now that obtaining my BSN degree would increase my earning potential. But I was worried. Would investing my time and money really be worth it? The only way…

Nurses and Personal Well Being: Building Your Circle of Support

If you’re like me, you have friends, and then you have “Friends”.  I like to think about “Friends” as my key friends in capital letters.  Sorting out real “Friends” from those who really are just acquaintances is a lifelong pursuit. …

An Advanced Degree Equals a Wealthier Nurse

Many nurses did not start their careers just to become wealthier. Typically, there is some desire to help people or they had some previous experience with a healthcare provider that left an impact on them. However, most adults want to…

The Advantages of an Online BSN Program

Enrolling in an on-campus or online BSN program is fast becoming a requirement than just an option. And this thrust is not just seen in the nursing profession. Across the country, there is a movement for clinical practitioners to achieve…

ADN vs. BSN: One Student’s Perspective

When I graduated from high school, I was perplexed over what I wanted to do with myself. However, I knew I wanted to have a job helping people and I knew I wanted to work in a field where I…