You can — and will — survive your first year. Our new nurse blogger, Nicole Lehr, shows you how.

  Article originally published on Huffington Post by Sonja Mitrevska-Schwartzbach  BSN, RN, CCRN, ICU Nurse. Bibliophile. Caffeine Addict. Eternal Optimist. ___ I recently read the psychological definition of the term “resilience.” Somehow it struck…

Enter into the following bad behaviors at your own risk! Don’t say you weren’t warned!

These 5 tips will help you cope with arrogant, uncooperative MDs.

Ever felt like slapping a bandage over an obnoxious mouth? Then you probably heard the kind of stuff that can get under even the most tolerant nurse’s skin.

Regardless of what questions get thrown your way, there are a handful of interview questions you should never be asked as a nurse.

Bridge the generation gap at work with the help of our cheat sheet.

If you think you’re frustrated trying to communicate with a non-English-speaking patient, just imagine how scared and overwhelmed he must feel. He’s sick, vulnerable—and surrounded by people jabbering in a language he may not understand.

The funniest requests are always things like rashes three states away…

These 10 skills will help you – and your patients – get the most out of [ahem] delicate services. And patients will get exactly what they came in for.