SwipeFox is an app that equips your 5 fingers with all the power to direct your career. Use one finger to swipe left — “no thanks.” Use another to swipe right — “looks interesting.” And use the other three to hold your phone as you continue to explore. In the spirit of those powerful five […]
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First and foremost, if you have chosen a nursing career, kudos and thank you! Being a nurse is a great and selfless profession. Nurses are devoted workers who care for their patients and provide them with treatment, care, and support. So, when we say per diem vs. travel, we think both are rather stellar career […]
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Per diem nurses are hired to cover the gap of regular staff nurses on different floors and specialties. Facilities can offer nursing assignments to support shortages by the hour, day, or week. Many nurses enjoy specific benefits of a per diem contract, which includes higher per hour rates and a flexible schedule of their choosing. […]
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A nursing career is a broad profession that provides you with many options and paths. There are varying benefits with this highly in-demand profession that allows you to ebb and flow your experiences as you need. With per diem nursing contracts, a nurse can explore various facilities and settings, making it a possibility to be […]
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A per diem nurse fills a critical on-the-spot need for hospitals and other care facilities on short notice. The nature of “here and now” creates the utmost demand, offering lucrative benefits for those considering the per diem contract. In addition, a per diem nurse ultimately helps fulfill a support role to offset patient counts with […]
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SwipeFox is a bit partial – but we would start by saying, take out your phone, download the app, to see what is available for you to grow your nursing career in 2022. Nursing is a highly heroic profession. If you are a nurse, you are probably familiar with most of the career benefits, including […]
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Burnout is very common within the nursing profession. You start your career off burning out with energy and enthusiasm. However, you’re not alone if you feel that heat and light begin to dwindle. If left unaddressed over a long period, burnout can have tremendous negative repercussions for everyone involved. Nurse burnout results from long shifts, […]
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Licensure is a rite of passage for the nursing profession. Licensing is necessary to take on the ideal gigs and get top dollar. Getting the proper licensing is critical, especially for anyone looking to be a registered nurse who is interested in per diem or travel jobs. This article reviews the Nurse Licensure Compact, (NLC) as […]
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A nursing career is considered one of the most notable professions in the world. As we know, nursing is a selfless profession where patient health is a top priority. However, where a nurse goes is just as crucial for career success. Nurse schedules vary and considering the type of contract to get is a major […]
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The current shortage of qualified nurses in the United States means that nurses are in high demand all across the country. However, getting your first job out of college still can prove a challenge. Many of the nursing shortages exist in rural areas or specific specialties instead of the metropolitan zones. Additionally, employers often want […]
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One of the most common reasons why nurses feel burnt out is the lack of challenge in their job. If work starts to feel more like a routine, they begin to lose their passion and sense of purpose. These things can lead to their lack of quality care, resignation, and even change in career. If […]
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If you’re already working as a Registered Nurse, you might wonder if getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is worth it, because let’s face it, earning a BSN is a significant investment of time and money. However, there are two main reasons why earning a BSN is the best next step for your nursing career. […]
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If you are a nurse, you have many capabilities that others do not have. Throughout your career and education, you have learned and experienced things that tell you that you are in the right career. Here are seventeen signs that you were definitely born to be a nurse: 1. You have a caring personality Do […]
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Nursing associations are organizations devoted to the professional and personal development of members and to the general advancement of the profession. Joining a professional nursing association is essential due to the ever-changing field of nursing. Nursing organizations empower nurses to stay up to date on current practices. Joining a professional nursing association provides resources, information, […]
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In recent years the nursing profession has been perceived as the smart profession to pursue, as it’s known to provide financial security and long-term employment, something that’s not necessarily guaranteed in other more precarious fields where outsourcing poses a real threat to job security. With a flexible schedule and the ability to choose from a […]
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What is DNP? DNP stands for Doctor of Nursing Practice. It is a terminal degree that looks at how diseases progress from a clinical perspective. The exact curriculum of a DNP varies depending on the school and chosen specialization. However, it will almost always include diagnostics, advanced practice, and disease treatment. Essentially, DNP graduates are […]
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A reciprocal relationship often exists between job satisfaction and performance: The more satisfied you are with your job, the better you perform. Meanwhile, as performance rises, so does job satisfaction. Therefore, understanding satisfaction is an important part of maximizing engagement and performance while minimizing dissatisfaction, burnout, and turnover. We can think of no sector wherein […]
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Alternative jobs for nurses, often in nonclinical settings, give registered nurses several options to pursue specialized interests. Nurses who do not want to work at hospitals can work at other healthcare facilities, including nursing homes and community medical clinics. Options outside of the hospital allow nurses to interact with the public, serve as educators within […]
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When deliberating career options, many try to imagine themselves in certain roles to see if it’s right for them. For nursing, one might imagine sitting at a patient’s bedside, comforting them during a trying time of illness. They may envision working closely with doctors, helping them make critical decisions to save a patient’s life. While […]
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Many nurses might regard a patient who refuses to take a certain medication, constantly has a roomful of visitors, or demands that a family member feeds him as noncompliant. However, nurses who dig deeper may discover these behaviors are a product of the patient’s cultural beliefs and values and deep-rooted ideologies that nurses can preserve […]
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Like any profession, travel nursing can have its ups and downs. You’ll have long and stressful days, but you’ll also meet amazing people who are there to help. You’ll get to travel the country, but you might have occasional bouts of homesickness. You’ll make good money, but you won’t get the traditional benefits of full-time […]
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What is a perinatal nurse? Perinatal nurses help care for women and babies throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and usually up until the new baby is around a month old. Perinatal nurses educate their pregnant female patients about their unborn child. One of the largest roles of a perinatal nurse is to teach patients, spouses, […]
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They say that the best nurses are excellent at obtaining assessments, and this is true! If nurses would look at the nursing process, assessment is the first and key step. Gathering information about the patient will provide clues for what care you can give and what you can intervene. If you have a weak foundation […]
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Mnemonics are devices that help us remember information. We remember best when events have an intense emotional response. Nursing mnemonics help stimulate some emotion through a picture, acronym, rhyme, or other devices. Nurses have come up with a few mnemonic devices that may help you remember many complicated processes when planning, practicing patient advocacy. and […]
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Nurses may always seem really nice to patients, but they are people too. They can get tired and emotional at times. There were days when they want to tell their patients some things, but they just couldn’t. 1. You might think we don’t care, but we always do Nurses do a lot of things, […]
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We all know that nursing isn’t easy. From the bedside to the operating table, nurses are some of the most trusted professionals in healthcare—by a patient’s side during both the gut-wrenching and the joyous moments. In one day, a nurse can see dozens of patients, experience death and birth, and be charged with making life-changing […]
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Figuring out what type of nurse you should be can realistically be broken down into two sections. The first is nursing career categories and nursing job specialties. Finding out which nursing career category you might be interested in will help determine which field of nursing you might wish to pursue. The nursing job specialty will […]
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You’re confident in your decision to become a nurse. With your caring personality and ability to keep calm in any situation, you know that this is the right next step for your career. What’s less clear is the nursing work environment that will be the best fit for your skills and characteristics. You have a […]
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Nurses play a very important role both locally and globally. They are on the front lines caring for patients day in and day out. They are able to see what is working, as well as things that can be done differently to provide more effective and efficient care and offer suggestions for improvement. Why […]
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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeps across the world, it is causing widespread concern, fear, and stress, all of which are natural and normal reactions to the changing and uncertain situation that everyone finds themselves in. It seems inevitable that caring for patients in the high-stakes context of COVID-19 will take its toll on the […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge. The U.S. hasn’t suffered from a pandemic like this in more than a century. But other countries have recently had to deal with very frightening disease outbreaks, like the Ebola crisis in West Africa. Nurses were squarely in the public eye: examined, criticized, and, at times, praised as […]
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She felt like she deserves a freebie. She has police friends who always receive free meals, donuts, and coffee throughout the community, and she always thinks, “when would it be a nurse’s turn?” Well, my friends, it took a pandemic crisis, but our nurses have now got a chance for their freebies. For those types […]
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About the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Since December 2019, multiple clusters of COVID-19 cases have been reported across more than 70 countries which include highly affected Italy, Iran, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the virus to be a nationwide health emergency following the World […]
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What is patient advocacy? According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the definition of Patient Advocacy is: Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; Prevention of illness and injury; Alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response Advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. From years, Patient Advocacy […]
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Since nurses are patient advocates and often have the most contact with their patients, their notes provide the most complete picture of the patient’s health…
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While many emergency nursing skills are taught in a classroom, other ER nursing skills can only be developed in the emergency room while on the clock.
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An ICU nurse’s personal story of a tormenting stay on a ventilator and how it caused her to look at her patients in a new light.
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