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5 Exercise Tips to Keep You Away from Nursing Injury

Are you on track with your workouts but no matter how much you exercise you still feel like you are getting nowhere? Are you in the process of preventing nursing injury? It is unfortunate, but all too common. You can be…

5 Fitness Apps for Nurses To Achieve Weight Loss Goals

Everyone wants to have a fit body. Many people, like nurses, can’t seem to find the time to squeeze a workout into their hectic lives even just three times a week. Some busy people even stop exercising altogether yet they…

5 Health Tips to Melt Away a Nurse’s Muffin Top

It’s a sneaky little problem. As we age our middle starts to expand, and fat seems to magically appear at the waistline. Ironically, the current fashion trend is the low-rise pant, which allows that middle to hang over the edge…

Save Your Vision Month: 5 Natural Eye Care Tips from Nurses

This March, American Optometric Association is observing Save Your Vision Month. Eye care is one of the most important segments of healthcare. While our eyesight is affected by a wide array of factors, the two most common factors causing vision problems are…

The Tiring Effects of a 12-Hour Nursing Shift and Tips to Beat It

Most hospitals have adopted the 12-hour nursing shift schedule, despite a 2012 Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research study that showed its impact on patient safety and quality of care. Another study from the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing determined…

Tips For Travel

Passport Services and Information, where to apply, fees, applications, processing time, status checks and frequently asked questions. Required Immunizations, valuable information from the Center for Disease control. If you’re thinking about volunteering, you will love these great tips from the International Medical Volunteer…

Tips to Cope with Short Staffing

Short staffing is a common problem in the nursing industry.  There are times when there are simply shortages of nurses available to a particular area.  At other times there are more patients than usual or more patients with serious illnesses. …

Tips On Creating A Smooth Patient Care Transition

The hectic pace of nursing can make doing discharges seem to be a bothersome chore for nursing staff. While many hospitals and long-term care settings may have a case manager or care coordinator, this does not relieve the nurses, as…

Telephone Interview Tips for Travel Nurses

Telephone interviews for your next travel nursing assignment are very common. Have you ever wondered what nurse managers would really like to hear or exactly what to say? We have gathered the following advice from top recruiters on how to make a…