5 Tips for A Productive and Energized Nursing Shift
How you start your nursing shift sets the tone for your entire day. You really cannot make up for getting off to a sluggish or rushed start. I have listed 5 tips to make the most of your shift so…
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5 Ways Nurses Can Stay Upbeat in a Stressful Work Environment
Meds to pass, IVs to hang, patient care to deliver, vitals to take, charting to do, meetings to attend – all in a nurse’s stressful day! Many hospitals around the country are hiring fewer nurses so current staff work longer and harder,…
5 Ways to Supercharge Your Health and Be a New Nurse for the New Year
Are you planning to make a New Year’s resolution to be a “new nurse” this upcoming year? You’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, lifestyle changes such as weight loss, quitting smoking, and increasing exercise are the top 3…
Is Online Nursing Education Right for You?
Online nursing education has opened many doors for students and faculty to work and learn at any time. Speaking as a student and a faculty member, I can say that both face similar obstacles and advantages. Advantages and Disadvantages First, online…
6 Productivity Tips for Nurses to Make Life Easier
Whether you work in a hospital, a free clinic, or a doctor’s office, your productivity level can make or break your day. Sometimes it can even be a matter of life and death for your patients. For other times, it’s just…
Nurses’ Guide to Great Sleep
It is Sleep Awareness Week and it really is timely to talk about the important benefits of good sleep. With shift work, overtime, families, school, getting called to come in early and other interruptions, it can be a real challenge to…
The Nurses’ Guide to Great Sleep
With night shift work, overtime, families, school, getting called to come in early, and other interruptions, it can be a real challenge to get enough quality sleep for nurses. And it is important to understand why good sleep habits are…
6 Tips to Cope with Short-Staffing in Nursing
Another kind of nursing shortage is commonly experienced nowadays in the form of being short-staffed. And it is caused by many factors. First, there are times when there are simply shortages of nurses available to a particular area. Or there are more…
6 Tips Nurses Can Use To Reduce Stress In Pregnant Women
Women who are pregnant require special care and attention during and after their pregnancy. As a prenatal nurse, you are required to support pregnant women and educate them on their baby’s health, so that they can achieve a healthy delivery.…
6 Tips for the Perfect Nursing Shoe
Sometimes I get asked for advice by new nurses who want to learn something they might not have been taught in school. One of the first things I always say is: Don’t buy cheap nursing shoes! I know from experience the…