All Posts by Angie Best-Boss RN
Happy Nurse’s Week – A Bumpy Ride
“Could you take a look at this? It really itches, and I don’t know what to do.” “Here’s a picture of my foot. I think I got a spider bite. What should I do?” Ask any nurse, and you’ll find […]
Read moreWhen Bad Resumes Happen to Good Nurses
Ask any human resources professional, and you’ll get an earful of resume blunders guaranteed to make you shake your head, and nurses aren’t exempt from making embarrassing resume mistakes. Nurses seeking employment have sent resumes that included such helpful additions as: […]
Read moreNurse Confessions – Why I Love My Compression Socks
I swore I would never do it. Ever. I didn’t care what anyone else said – I was never going to wear compression hose. Compression socks are for old ladies with too many cats and waitresses with big hair who […]
Read moreJob Hunting Tips to Help Respiratory Therapists Breathe Easier
With a $56K median salary, respiratory therapists are among healthcare’s least understood professionals. Over 14,000 new RT jobs are expected to be created by 2024, and respiratory therapists will have increasing opportunities to care for patients with heart and lung […]
Read moreFirst US Insurer to Build Medical School
When it comes to HMO’s, it doesn’t get much bigger than Kaiser Permanente. When they make a move, the medical establishment takes notice. But their latest announcement was a bold one – the Oakland, CA based firm is launching a […]
Read moreNFL Partners with Physician Group for Concussion CME
After several well-publicized cases of brain injury among veteran players, a pricey lawsuit, and a new movie focusing on the perils of professional football and the risk of brain injury, the NFL is working to change the way its players […]
Read moreTop Reasons to Consider Small Town Physician Jobs
Unless you grew up in a small town, practicing medicine in a rural community may not be every new doctor’s dream job. But when the time comes for a new doctor to choose a home base, smaller towns have a […]
Read moreNational Doctors’ Day – Honoring Our Physicians
The first Doctors’ Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. The date was the anniversary of the first use […]
Read moreA Nurse’s Letter to the Interns
It happens every summer – a new crop of interns show up on my hospital unit. It’s a nice rite of passage – a handful of new baby docs show up and spend a few months shadowing our unit’s physicians. […]
Read moreMagnet Designation and Nurses
If you have been a nurse for longer than a minute, you’ve heard about Magnet hospitals, but you may not have heard what it actually means for patients and for nurses to be in a Magnet hospital. It’s easy to […]
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