Nursing Specialties
Make your intuition work for you
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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Changes
Next week I start a new job. I am making a complete change in what I will be doing in nursing.
Read More...Make it big
If you are going to make a change, I say make it a big one. That’s what I am doing. I am having problems at work right now, I am not at liberty to say, but I will as soon as I know what is happening to me. So this week I have been interviewing [...]
Read More...Midwifery Modernization Act
Around the country, advanced practice nurses are pushing for independent practice. Should New York state allow nurse-midwives to practice without a physician-signed practice agreement?
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Quiz: The latest nurse specialties
Jackie? Mercy? HawthoRNe? The media usually shows only the most traditional forms of nursing. We know there’s a lot more to nurses than what hits the screen. See what you know about the latest nursing specialties.
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The LPN work and salary review
LPN’s traditionally practice in the long-term care setting, but career options for LPNs are expanding. Take a look at the salary and career opportunities available for licensed practical nurses.
Read More...International Day of the Midwife
Around the globe, millions of women and babies die in childbirth each year. Enter the midwives!
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Want to know other nurse’s salaries?
Here are the survey results for California and Nevada nurses. See how salaries have changed in the past 12 months and how these nurses’ pay stacks up to yours.
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Mentoring new nurse faculty
Whatever you thought of your nursing instructors, they played an important role in getting you where you are today. See how one nursing society is nurturing the next generation of nurse educators.
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States seek to expand NP role
Should NPs be allowed to practice without physician oversight? Should they be allowed to prescribe narcotics?
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Equal pay for equal work?
If a doctor and nurse perform the same service, who do you think gets paid more?
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?


