Holidays

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How a nurse views the holiday season

We have to plan ahead, usually several months, in order to (hopefully) get the time off we want or prefer. Staffing is always a game of Russian roulette.

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Funny medical newspaper misprints!

Small typos can make a world of difference, especially for printed words about the medical profession. Here are 13 hilarious examples of why you shouldn’t always believe what you read.

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Special nurse days in November

November is the month to give thanks and is a great time to appreciate nurses everywhere! Here are some special dates for nurses to celebrate and acknowledge.

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Halloween in the hospital

The holiday has been commercialized in order to sell exorbitant amounts of candy, masks, and provocative adult costumes. But it can also be fun in the hospital setting.

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10 nursing rules you’ve never heard of

Exotic rules at home and abroad – including the hospital that requires doctors to say “please.”

The nurse’s heart: poems, stories, quotes

The nurse’s heart: poems, stories, quotes

When asked what the most important tool in their workday is, every great nurse would surely answer, “My heart.” Here, a touching tribute to all of the nurses we know and love.

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Hospital miracles

As nurses, we witness the wonder of birth every day. But did you ever have a case…a case that truly felt like a miracle…that stretched your beliefs?

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Five real life tips for the back-to-school nursing student

Got your notebooks? How about your extra flash drives? Have you ironed your scrubs? Are your pencils sharpened? By the way, these tips have NOTHING to do with pencils or notebooks. So get ready for the REAL advice from Head Nurse Jo.

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Simple ways for nurses to pay tribute to parents and parenting

There are so many way to pay tribute to parents. Your imagination is the limit.

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Fourth of July injuries: A little pep talk for patients

Injuries during the long weekend are more than likely going to fall into one of two categories: fireworks-related or “weekend warrior.”

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Stories of a nurse midwife: Patient Jasmine

When I enter Room 2, the lights are off. This surprises me, but in the gloom I catch sight of a young woman stretched out on the exam table. “Hello. Are you OK? I’m going to turn on the lights [...]

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18 love notes to nursing

Note #7: Ever cried at the mailbox? I did, after opening up a handwritten thank you card from the parents of a child that had passed away.

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Happy Nurses Week!

This Nurses Week, I am celebrating two groups of very important nurses in my life!

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Mother’s Day in the hospital

Mother’s Day in the hospital can be the pits. Short staffed and terrible potlucks. But someone has to be there to save lives right?

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6 day-to-day ways to trim the fat

Because nurses took such good care of little Johnny this Christmas, and because it is Ella’s one year anniversary of surgery, the nurses’ station becomes the dumping ground for all of WalMart and Target’s entire edible holiday display.