RN Salary Report 2015 Are you curious which setting an RN makes the most? How about where you should move to in order to make the most amount of money as an RN? Medscape recently released a report outlining the results of a survey… read more →
Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, public health centers, schools, and homes, and provide a continuum of services, including direct patient… read more →
The pool of available Registered Nurses in the United States and worldwide seems to always fluctuate. At any given time, there could be a surplus of available nurses, and in turn, there could also be a drought. Hospitals are managed with temporary nurses that… read more →
I recently read an article on the DW stating that robots might replace nurses one day. Although Minoru Asada, a leading robotics researcher and head of the Asada Project, states that “Robots cannot and should not replace humans,” it almost seems inevitable that they… read more →
Renee Hendrix, RN is a NICU nurse at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She has cared for thousands of premature babies over the years. She was asked to sit and watch a video, not knowing what it was for. A video clip was shown… read more →
Doesn’t it feel like it was just the last day of school? Well the summer is just about over and it’s that time again; time to prepare for the upcoming school year. School nurses have a lot to do before the start of school, and… read more →
Have you ever wondered how many nurses there were in the United States? How about the top 10 in-demand nursing positions? HealtheCareers has constructed an infographic outlining some interesting facts about American’s nursing industry. Here are a few important ones: There are 2,687,310 practicing Registered… read more →
From left: Valerie Terzano RN, member of the NSHC Nurse of Excellence Subcommittee and Chief Nursing Officer, Senior Vice President of Nursing, Winthrop-University Hospital; 2015 Nurse of Excellence Winner Christine Glaser RN; Jennifer Bryer PhD, Chairperson, Department of Nursing/Associate Professor, Farmingdale State College; and Gara… read more →
If you think there is a typical day as an ER nurse, you are wrong. Although ER nurses may follow the same work schedule, each day is a different story that brings about different scenarios. Emergency nurses specialize in rapid assessment and treatment when every second… read more →
According to YouTube user Rumurril, the girl in the wheelchair was suffering from unexplained paralysis, then she just as mysteriously regained her ability to walk. Our daughter, Bailey, had complete paralysis from the waist down for 11 days with no explanation as to why. This… read more →