Healthcare Career Resources Blog
Keeping Yourself Safe While Working in Healthcare
By Allison Clark - December 1, 2016
Put Your Mask on First Healthcare professionals are notorious for not being very good patients, but if you want a long career in healthcare, you need to take care of yourself. As it goes with airline
Top 5 Mistakes New Nurses Make
By Angie Best-Boss RN - November 29, 2016
Being a new nurse is hard – hard enough that 1 in 5 newly licensed nurses quit within a year, according to one national study. Heavy patient loads, the stress of being faced with critical decisions
Tips and Strategies for Job Seekers Past 50
By Jack Isler, MD - November 22, 2016
Over 50 and Looking for a New Job? Realistically speaking, it’s not always possible to retire from your current job. You could be close to being laid off, very unhappy with your standing in an organization,
Quieting the Chaos - Finding Contentment in Rural Emergency Medicine
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - November 17, 2016
The frenetic pace and chaos of working in an urban trauma center are addicting - at least for a while. Interesting, unusual, and tragic patients test the mettle of even seasoned physicians. For some,
Why I Wanted to Become a Physical Therapist
By Allison Clark - November 15, 2016
Discovering my vocation It’s a common question asked to kids – “What do you want to be when you grow up?” No one in my family was in the healthcare field; in fact, they actively avoid going to the doctor.
Student Loan Debt Relief Options for Healthcare Professionals
By Susan Gulliford CPRW - November 10, 2016
Healthcare professionals, like other Americans, graduate with high student debt loads. The facts are staggering: 81% of medical school graduates have education debt. $180,723 is the average
H-1B Visas for International Medical Graduates
By Christiana Davis, MD - November 8, 2016
Millions of Americans live in medically underserved areas. Many, if not all states face physician shortages. Recruiting and retaining physicians is important in filling that need. Currently, one quarter
How to Make the Right Impression and Improve Your Career with LinkedIn
By Jennifer Bouley - November 3, 2016
If used correctly, LinkedIn is a social media tool that we can use to help improve our career prospects in various ways. In the same manner, LinkedIn can also cause some serious career hiccups if used
How to a Survive a Joint Commission Visit
By Angie Best-Boss RN - November 1, 2016
If you have been in healthcare longer than a minute, you know the fear that strikes your heart when you hear the dreaded announcement that “Jay-Co” (JCAHO, or the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Physician Turnover Costs & Causes, Healthcare Recruitment Challenges Continue
By Michael Jones - October 27, 2016
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Travis Ulmer blogged about some of the reasons why new physicians often don't stick with their first jobs. The main points to this blog post have to do with new physicians
