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Nursing Career Resources Blog
View all postsA Nurse's Letter to the Interns
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 17, 2016
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.
Magnet Designation and Nurses
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 11, 2016
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
Dealing Effectively with Shift Changes and Patient Handoffs
By Angie Best-Boss RN - March 3, 2016
If you have kids, you know the worst time of day is that hour before dinner - kids are needy and cranky after school, homework has to get started, and dinner has to be created. Similarly, if you are
Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients
By MaryAnn DePietro - March 1, 2016
In an ideal world, your patients would all be polite and pleasant. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. If you work in healthcare, it’s inevitable you will have to deal with difficult patients.
Nurses and Unions
By Angie Best-Boss RN - February 23, 2016
To unionize or not to unionize? Many nurses will ask themselves that question at some point in their careers. Do you join an established union? Help start one? Does it protect or hurt patients? According
Must Have Apps for Nurses
By Angie Best-Boss RN - February 4, 2016
Almost every shift, I grab my phone and look up something. Whether it’s a medication I’ve never even heard of, much less given before, or a medical condition with which I am not familiar, I look to
How to Write Resumes for Robots
By Susan Gulliford CPRW - January 28, 2016
If you are like most job seekers, you see an ad online, email your résumé…and never hear anything back. It is common to feel intensely frustrated with this situation. With the advent of Applicant Tracking
Are House Calls for You?
By Angie Best-Boss RN - January 26, 2016
Not sure which practice model is right for you? An increasing number of physicians are looking toward a growing specialty that has its roots in the past. If you don’t think doctors make house calls anymore,
Nurses who fight the flu shot
By Angie Best-Boss RN - January 5, 2016
The flu shot reminders started in August this year at my hospital. “Flu shot season is approaching! Reminder: flu shots are mandatory for continued employment.” In my hospital system, and at thousands
Working in Critical Care Transport as a Nurse
By MaryAnn DePietro - December 1, 2015
There are a lot of different nursing specialties to consider. If you’re someone who thrives on working in a fast-paced environment and want to care for seriously ill or injured patients, working as
