at work
Hospital-wide dress code?
Doctors can show up in jeans, nurses have to wear scrubs. I believe there should be a basic standard.
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Peer reviews – for or against them?
Peer review: an evaluation tool that gives you an idea of what your co-workers (peers) think of you.
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The tough love of nursing
It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. Dirty as in being ‘firm’ or dare I say ‘mean’ is also in our repertoire.
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Stay hydrated and stay healthy
You should be keeping yourself well hydrated even when indoors (like when you are at work!)
Read More...The feast or famine phenomenon in nursing
This is the one thing I dislike about nursing. OK. OK. Maybe dislike is a strong word?
Read More...Glad I’m a nurse and not a banker
The great thing about being a nurse is the unlimited employment environment opportunity
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7 ways Hollywood goofs up medicine
‘As seen on TV’ does not apply to the real world that we nurses live in.
Read More...Practice what you preach
We should practice what we preach. Or better yet, we should practice what we teach
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Bedside nursing care by the numbers
We nurses have always felt that when the ratio increases sooner or late something can or will be missed.
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Staying organized at work
A longtime nurse’s step-by-step advice for creating a good worksheet. “I like to think of it as a ‘work in progress’. Once you start a ‘template’ you always seem to find or discover other things you want to add and eliminate useless information.”
Read More...Color-coded care?
What do you think about mandating nurses to wear a specific colored scrub uniform?
Read More...Scrubs Magazine
Work rage
Have you ever been in a hostile workplace situation? Or just a really frustrating one? Enough to make you open the emergency chute?
Rebekah Child
Nursing school finals frustration
Student nurses are frazzled and panicking right now. You’ve been there. Got any advice for us?
Ani Burr
Stranger in a strange land
Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.
Rob Cameron
The nursing “trade”
Is nursing considered a career or a trade? I am not just a skilled craftsman, I am an educated professional.
Sean Dent
A doctor in nursing uniform?
I love hearing about how the nurse practitioner is the “next best thing” in the medical profession. Is it?
Nicole Lehr
