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NursingLink likes to consider itself the "third place." It's not your company’s HR web site, not an anonymous job board, but something new and different: a place where your lifelong career needs come home to roost. NursingLink brings nurses together to provide resources and services to advance careers and take advantage of everything a community site has to offer. News, education resources, job search, career networking, advice, and mentorship are just a few of those benefits. NursingLink is part of Monster Worldwide. Visit nursinglink.com to enjoy NursingLink and join their community.

Speak more assertively as a nurse

Posted August 30, 2010 | By NursingLink | 3 comments

Let’s face it: Standing up to colleagues, patients and their families isn’t always easy. Let these simple tips teach you how to speak with confidence.

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6 ways to ask for a vacation

Posted August 25, 2010 | By NursingLink | no comments

Been dreaming of a week lazing in the hammock or on the beach? We’ll show you how to make a clean getaway.

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10 awesome TV nurses

Posted August 23, 2010 | By NursingLink | 1 comment

Let’s face it: nurses don’t always come off well on TV. So join us in saluting our favorite hardworking, caring and competent nurses of the small screen!

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Would you pass the vocab/spelling section of the NCLEX?

Posted August 19, 2010 | By NursingLink | 7 comments

Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the most important steps en route to becoming a nurse. Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.

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8 rules for happy hour

Posted | By NursingLink | 2 comments

At the end of a hellish shift, it can be fun to go out and have a few drinks with your nurse team. But drinking with your colleagues isn’t like drinking with your friends on the weekend. The same rules just don’t apply.

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Are you a medical marvel?

Posted August 16, 2010 | By NursingLink | no comments

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but you probably have to work with them, so can you hold your own with medical info? Appalling handwriting is an optional extra skill.

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The meaning behind stupid interview questions

Posted August 14, 2010 | By NursingLink | 1 comment

You need to get past the interview to get the job. But how do you answer interview questions that seem, well, stupid rather than savvy?

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Would you pass the NCLEX? Part II

Posted August 9, 2010 | By NursingLink | 11 comments

Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the most important steps en route to becoming a nurse. Use this quiz as a study guide to see how you would fare on the real test.

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Make your intuition work for you

Posted August 2, 2010 | By NursingLink | 1 comment

Ever get a hunch about a patient’s condition but can’t put your finger on why you feel the way you do?

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Would you pass the NCLEX? Part I

Posted | By NursingLink | 25 comments

Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the most important steps en route to becoming a nurse. Use this quiz as a study guide to see how you would fare on the real test.

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Quiz: What’s your skeletal system IQ?

Posted July 26, 2010 | By NursingLink | 24 comments

How much do you really know much about the bones and joints that make up our internal infrastructure? Take the quiz and find out!

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Recent Articles

Doctor apologizes for attacking nurse

Doctor apologizes for attacking nurse

Sadly, workplace violence is increasingly common. See what happened after one ICU nurse was stabbed.

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The nursing job market overview

“There aren’t enough nurses! We need more nurses!” All this talk about the nursing shortage, but where are all the jobs ? Here are quick, simple facts, projections, and answers to your questions.

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Can scrubs be designed to make you happy?

Can scrubs be designed to make you happy?

What you wear can have a positive effect on your mood…and help establish intimate connections. Here’s how.

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Upcoming books, shows and movies featuring nurses

Culturally speaking, this was a banner year for nurses in America. Here are just a few places where nurses are turning up next.

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Rebekah Child

Rebekah Child

Student nurses are frazzled and panicking right now. You’ve been there. Got any advice for us?

Ani Burr

Ani Burr

Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.

Rob Cameron

Rob Cameron

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Sean Dent

Sean Dent

I love hearing about how the nurse practitioner is the “next best thing” in the medical profession. Is it?

Nicole Lehr

Nicole Lehr