A Nurse’s Guide to Surviving the Night Shift
The night shift always get a bad rep, but unfortunately for nurses, it comes with the job. Most new nurses get stuck working nights until they can seniority. It can be a challenge to get used to. Science says that registered nurses who worked in rotating shifts had a greater likelihood to die by cardiovascular disease and lung cancer than nurses who didn’t. And, quite frankly, sleep deprivation can turn make even someone who is...
Healthy Compensation | Nursing Specialties with Stellar Salaries
For people who don’t work in healthcare, many seem to not know just how many different types of nurses and doctors there are. I mean, there’s over 100 different nursing specialties. Each of which has its individual workplace environments, demands, and pay rate. So when choosing which specialty is right for you, there’s a lot of things to consider. (But, let’s be real…salary plays a huge rule in making...
What ALL NURSES Need to Know About Multi-State Licenses
If you’re an RN in the United States who likes to travel, you’ve probably either considered obtaining a multi-state license. The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) grants nurses the eligibility to work in not only their home state, but also in the 24 states (and counting) that are part of the NLC membership. Travel nurses have benefited greatly from the flexible and ever-expanding Nurse Licensure Compact. It was created by the...
Thanksgiving Away From Home: Tips for Travel Nurses
If you’re like me you are preparing yourself for next week, aka the fattest holiday of the year– Thanksgiving. You might already be having dreams of your mom’s pumpkin pie recipe, stuffing, cheesy mashed potatoes, juicy turkey and all the other trimmings. It never ceased to amaze me how all aspects of the meal were prepped, cooked and ready by the time dinner came around; which for some reason is always before 3 p.m....
In RNs we Trust: Nurses Bonding with Patients
Ask any nurse if they have any memorable patients and they’ll instantly recall at least a few people that truly impacted their lives. Healthcare professions have strict policies against crossing professional-boundaries, but also reward ones that are able to positively connect with those they are treating in order to aid in their recovery. However, as you can read in “Blurred Lines: Proper Nurse and Patient...
You Know You’re a Nurse If…
Each profession comes along with it’s own outside of work thought processes and annoyances. You may find yourself pointing out technicalities on television shows, advertisements, articles, etc., that those outside your field of work would never be able to recognize and vice versa. Whether it’s avoiding inaccurate reenactments of medical scenarios or living by unbreakable work habit rules, you know you’re a nurse if… You own pens with...