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...
Nurse Job Forecast: Overcast Outlook or Sunny Skies?
Once upon a time there were bountiful jobs in the education field. Little boys and girls in America went to school to pursue jobs in education. But, as more and more bachelor-degree equipped grads flocked to jobs; they began requiring additional training such as particular training in a specialty of education to teach. Now, teaching is no longer the once desirable industry to study in a four-year school that it once was....
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Breaking Bad [Eating Habits]
Recent studies show that more than half of nurses are classified as overweight. Researchers at the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing found that 55 percent of the 2,103 female nurses they surveyed were obese. The causes seem to stem from job stress and the effect on sleep of long, irregular work hours (source: ABC News). The study looked at body mass index estimates and also affected the quality of care the patients...
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...
Study: Nurse Education Level Correlates to Patient Mortality
Patricia Hickey, vice president of critical care, conducted a large-scale study from hospitals throughout the country and cardiovascular services at Boston Children’s Hospital, revealing that nurse education levels and experience quite significantly correlates with patient mortality. Another study was conducted at the Radboud University teaching hospital in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, with similar results as well. According to the...
Common Hospital Hiccups: Avoiding Nurse Injuries
Every job comes with its hazards. You can easily have accidents in any workplace environment. Granted, some jobs are more dangerous than others obviously. But, for nurses, the ones who make a living taking care of the sickness and injuries in others, we must try to avoid the common ailments that can happen to us while working at the hospital. Additionally, nursing has the second highest rate of non-fatal work-related injuries of all...