You probably have a pretty good idea of what a hospital or clinical nurse faces every day, but what about a legal nurse consultant? Do legal nurse consultants (CLCNs) work in hospitals too? Are they stuck in a lawyer’s office or courtroom all day? Do they work with their noses buried in medical law books? [...]
Here you are planning to care for everyone under the sun. Curing the ill… Healing the injured… Befriending the lonely… Assisting the disabled… We applaud you for that. Few of us have the same gumption. Caring for others is a highly admirable trait, but we want to talk about you for a minute and how [...]
As we’ve mentioned quite prolifically in our other articles, the current nursing shortage places our nation’s quality of health care at a significant risk. The risk is so substantial in fact, it increases the need for qualified nurses a hundred fold. If we may be so blunt, now is not the time to exercise sexist [...]
If things like broken, protruding bones make you queasy, you might think that nursing isn’t a career you’d like to be involved with. And despite hearing about our nation’s increasing nursing shortage, and maybe even thinking about contributing a solution, you might have considered the intricacies within the job of nursing and thought to yourself, [...]
Are you cut out to be a nurse? Read this article and find out. Although anyone can become a nurse, nursing isn’t for everyone. It requires some rather special characteristics across all nursing degrees and years of experience. See if you fit the bill. Compassion and Sensitivity Two of the most desired characteristics of the [...]
Getting an online degree in nursing isn’t as difficult as you might first suspect. Our recent technological boom has changed the way we do almost everything today, and graduating from nursing college is not exempt. In fact, what was once only available outside of the neighborhood, out of town or out of state is now [...]
When you think about nursing, what comes to mind? Chances are what you picture now will radically change in the near future – making online nursing education more important than ever before. What should we expect? It’s important to understand that nursing in the future will encapsulate many of the exciting technological advances sweeping across [...]
Have you ever wondered what a hospital nurse faces during a typical workday? We’re going to spill the beans here in an effort to demonstrate what thrilling career choice nursing really is. Make no mistake, nursing isn’t easy. Anyone who’s been a hospital nurse will tell you without hesitation, nursing is hard! Ask the same [...]
Today’s nurses work in all types of fields and environments. No longer are they tied to hospital beds or children’s clinics. Today’s nurses work all over the career board, challenging the idea that nursing is a white-uniform job only. Here’s what we’ve discovered. Travel Nurse Travel nurses work in a variety of hospitals, clinics, and [...]
After enrolling into nursing school and participating in a few clinical rounds, you might start to feel overwhelmed. That’s a normal reaction to a career as challenging as nursing. Here, we want to offer a few words of advice so you’ll stay in school and gain employment in one of the nation’s most rewarding careers. [...]