Each year social media is ablaze with nurses making New Year’s resolutions. Many admit to making the same resolution from the previous year. So I find myself asking: What is it about the start of the year that we find…
Throughout my 23-year nursing career I have worked in many capacities too numerous to mention. I’ve become a staff educator, assistant director of nursing for a 500-bed facility, CNA/red cross training, long-term care supervisor and charge nurse, hospice nurse and, most recently,…
Are you considering a career in nursing 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 a good idea…
There are various keen areas that job interviewers of CNAs look into. Interviews are meant to ensure that a nursing home or hospital gets the most qualified individuals to handle their patients. This means that they will be thorough in assessing the…
When I chose my career, I knew it had to be something that made a difference for others. I wanted it to be a career where my God-given gifts would shine. I wanted it to allow me to use my…
Every once in a while it’s a good idea to take stock of your life and your nursing career, and take steps to get yourself back on track or even change direction if that is what is needed. Here are 12 things…
Nursing is a profession that requires you to solve problems, care for, and support your patients. In this line of work, you need to think quickly, exercise good judgment, communicate effectively, and engage with colleagues. Yet ultimately, you need to save…
Creating a support group and meaningful relationships for nurses can be challenging. If you’re like me, you have friends, and then you have “Friends.” I like to think of “Friends” as my key friends in capital letters. And as you…
There are some things that you really won’t learn in nursing school. Here’s a quick list of 8 things that you’ll only experience in the real nursing practice: People will actually pee on you. It could be a tipped-over urinal,…
“IT” has happened. No more denying “IT’s” existence to those who knew something was not “right.” Gone, finally, is the inescapable uneasiness present every day on awakening at the realization that, yet again, you must enter a place you no…