Rewards Vs. Challenges: Nursing Edition
If you were to ask what was the most challenging and rewarding career path, the answer would be a no-brainer: Nursing…
Sexual Assault Awareness: The Nurse’s Role
Sexual violence has been noted to be a public health concern, with the traumatic effects being numerous. A sexual assault occurs every 68 seconds in the United States…
Nursing Notes: Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a massive problem in the United States. On any given day during a nursing shift, you might encounter someone who is in an abusive relationship…
Suicide in Nurses: A Cause for Alarm
With the strain and pressure our healthcare system has been under the past few years, nurses have serious cause for concern…
Nursing Plans & Goals
The start of a new year always brings newfound motivation with a heightened focus on New Year’s resolutions, nursing plans, and goal-setting for the future…
Nurses As Patients (or family members): A Look from the Other Side
Nurses are a special breed—generous, selfless, and strong—notorious for ignoring their physical and mental health. Some may joke that nurses make the “worst” patients…
Short-Staffed Nursing, High Workloads, and Long Hours
Nursing is one of the most challenging and rewarding career paths. But working as a nurse can be exhausting due to understaffing, long working hours, and being overworked…
Nursing Programs: RN vs. LPN
Do you want to enter nursing but aren’t sure which program to pursue? Let’s look more closely at the licensed practical nurse (LPN) route and the registered nurse (RN) route. The reason for choosing one over the other will depend on you…