Registered Nursing

MARCH 16, 2025

Medical-Surgical Nursing Rotation Often your first and longest clinical experience, med-surg rotations provide fundamental patient care experience. Pediatric Nursing Rotation Pediatric rotations introduce the unique challenges and rewards of caring for children from infancy through adolescence.

Preceptors

Every Nurse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Summary : An OB nurse’s day is a complex balance of preparation, patient care, and constant assessment, with each shift bringing its own mix of joy and challenge. The Early Shift: Preparation and Patient Care My day begins well before my official shift starts. See our editorial policy.

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Registered Nursing

MAY 1, 2025

Private duty nursing is a growing and in-demand field offering a highly personalized approach to patient care. A private duty nurse is a licensed nurse (either RN or LPN/LVN ) who provides one-on-one care to a single patient, usually in their home. What Is a Private Duty Nurse?

LPN

Minority Nurse

APRIL 23, 2025

There are ways that you can cope with these attacks when they arise at work, including how to respond when you’re the one feeling insulted and how to take care of yourself after the incident happens. It’s important to practice self-care before and after handling the situation.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

JULY 14, 2025

Photo: Shutterstock Reducing the impact of antimicrobial therapy is a part of fundamental practice for health care providers, pharmacists, microbiologists, and public health professionals. However, the number of nurses practicing across every health care setting makes us critical and active partners.

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Relias

JULY 23, 2025

Documentation Documentation integrity involves the accuracy of the complete health record. Medical record information quality and integrity issues can create potential concerns about patient safety, quality of care, and compliance. drugs, supplies, or health care services for Medicare or Medicaid patients).

Best Practices

The Gypsy Nurse

JULY 2, 2025

Travel nurses are in high demand, especially in areas experiencing staffing shortages, seasonal surges, or specialized care needs. While both degrees qualify you to become an RN, many hospitals and travel nursing agencies prefer or require a BSN due to the complexity of care and leadership skills it provides.

Travel Nursing

The Nurse Break

MAY 12, 2025

I have been in this role since 2014 and in this time has seen over three hundred women and men providing them with a forensic service and medical care. Forensic nursing care is not separate and distinct from other forms of medical care, but rather integrated into the overall care needs of individual patients.

Nurse Practitioner

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2025

Clinical rotations aren’t just a checkbox on the path to becoming a nurse practitioner—they’re the transformative experiences where students develop essential clinical skills, build critical thinking abilities, and learn to navigate the complexities of patient care in real clinical settings.

Preceptors

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JUNE 18, 2025

Speech therapy is a key intervention for children that helps them to communicate with those around them and express their needs and frustrations. 1 Since children who are neurodivergent often struggle with communication, speech therapy can help support their self-expression. 4 What is Neurodiversity-Affirming Speech Therapy?

Mental Health

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JULY 11, 2025

It’s also a great opportunity to ask what types of clinical rotations are offered at your facility (orthopedics, acute care, etc.) Communicate With Your CI Now and Throughout the Experience Early on, have a conversation with your CI about your goals for this clinical experience and your CI’s expectations for your learning and performance.

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The Nursing Site

JANUARY 31, 2023

Delegating takes planning and careful thought as to the appropriateness of it. There are many factors in nursing today that increase the need for delegation in order to provide the best quality care for patients. These will will adversely affect you and your patient’s quality of care and outcomes. Document this.

Work-Life Balance

American Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Nurse educators can role-model self-care behaviors to promote students’ personal health and wellness. Nursing students need to make time for their own self-care, and they need to know that it’s okay to make time for their personal health and wellness. Go, “Nurse Linck,” my coach cheered during track practices.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

Recognizing and addressing biases is not only crucial for Nurses to uphold the highest standards of care, but it's also a moral necessity in providing equitable and compassionate treatment to every patient. Feedback from Colleagues and Patients Seeking feedback from colleagues and patients is an essential aspect of self-reflection.

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American Nurse

JUNE 3, 2024

adults have received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Many clinical nurses don’t have the knowledge needed to customize patient-centered care to meet the individual needs of adults with ASD. Many organizations lack the resources to support clinical nurses in identifying adults with ASD and implementing appropriate care.

Communication

Daily Nurse

JUNE 7, 2024

Its main objective is to promptly provide clinicians with accurate patient data to enhance patient-centered care and results. Nursing informatics streamlines the documentation process. Nursing informatics enhances patient care decisions and outcomes. It plays a vital role in leveraging data and technology to improve healthcare.

Nursing Informatics

The Relentless School Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

By enlightening others about the depth and breadth of your expertise, you help them understand the significance of your role in the school community. Communication is Key : Effective communication is a cornerstone of self-advocacy. Remember this is not boasting, this is educating!

Self-Care

Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Seeking support from colleagues, friends, or a therapist is not a sign of weakness; it's a necessary part of self-care in this profession. Learning to delegate and communicate effectively is key. As a new Nurse, it took me time to learn how to organize my day, manage interruptions, and still provide quality care.

Work-Life Balance

The Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2023

This will enable you to provide comprehensive care and address the evolving needs of your school community. Collaborate with stakeholders : Foster strong relationships and partnerships with stakeholders, including administrators, teachers, parents, and community organizations. Boundaries can be your best self-preservation tool.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Horizontal violence is particularly problematic in nursing because of the high-stress, fast-paced work environments where teamwork and clear communication are crucial for patient care. Horizontal violence undermines these factors, leading to burnout, turnover, and a decline in care quality. What is horizontal violence?

Communication

Celayix

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

“Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication” Mike Krzyzewski. Everything you accomplish at work is driven by team communication. Most people would be better off as self-employed if it weren’t for team communication. But why do we care so much about team communication?

Communication

American Nurse

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Symptom management is a complex process in which pills and a great deal of nursing care play a vital role. This care may be provided by nurses, other healthcare professionals, nursing assistants, or family members. Empathy in patient care also could be seen as a way of willing the good of another. If so, how does it work?

Pharmaceutical

Nurse.com

AUGUST 10, 2023

While individual acts of nurse bullying can appear relatively harmless, they create a toxic environment that takes a toll on employees’ morale and can compromise patient care. At best, this creates an environment of stress — at worst, it interrupts patient care potentially causing patient harm.” The post Are You a Nurse Bully?

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The Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 9, 2023

In schools where there is a full-time nurse, the ratio of one nurse to hundreds, or even thousands, of students can strain their ability to deliver personalized care effectively. Nonetheless, the challenges faced by school nurses can impact the level of care they can provide.

Communication

American Medical Compliance

JULY 2, 2024

Our Continuing Medical Education (CME) program is committed to enhancing the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of healthcare providers to improve patient care outcomes. These actions can lead to medical errors, compromised patient care, and a toxic work environment.

Education

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JUNE 13, 2024

Communication is key to our existence as human beings. So, who do we turn to when our body or mind creates roadblocks to successful communication? These specialists can address speech disorders and improve communication techniques for patients of all ages. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs). 10 This can be rewarding work.

Communication

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

So, if you want to boost your self-confidence and make the most of your nursing career, it’s wise to humbly take full ownership of the many things you know and the incredible skill sets that make you the outstanding nurse (and human being) you are. Some skills and knowledge were entirely theoretical during school, of course.

Chief Nursing Officer

American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

The limited pool of qualified nursing staff readily available to provide safe, quality care taxes the human capital management of healthcare organizations worldwide. Stress, low self-confidence, and reduced job satisfaction frequently lead to voluntary turnover. See Turnover stats.) reduction from the alarming 8.4%

Professional Development

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

We spoke with Ana Pozzoli, PT, CLT, National Lymphedema Network expert clinician, about how nurses can play a pivotal role in helping women receive care and treatment for Lipedema. For more comprehensive guidelines on diagnosis, you can reference the Standard of Care. Skin care is critical at all stages of lipedema.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

JUNE 15, 2023

Healthcare professionals are dedicated to providing the best possible care for their patients. This can cause you to not provide optimal care and to be viewed as a less competent provider. Over time, this can lead to burnout, creating reduced job satisfaction and decreased quality of patient care.

Work-Life Balance

American Nurse

APRIL 8, 2023

Work together and share processes to ease documentation workload. Many of us chose nursing as a career because of a strong pull to take care of others, provide comfort, and leave each interaction better than when it started. We’re experts at providing holistic care at many levels—from placing an I.V. It’s a calling.

Nursing Informatics

The Nurse Break

JUNE 27, 2022

I have always dreamt of working in Emergency and Critical Care Units – probably influenced by the tv series and movies I usually watched before, seeing how doctors and nurses respond to emergencies and saving people’s lives. I worked in a JCI-Accredited private tertiary hospital as an Intensive Care Unit Nurse for 5 years.

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Relias

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Journal of Nursing Education published a research article documenting the history and use of the expression, “Nurses eat their young.” Symptoms of lateral violence include a decreased sense of well-being, negative self-image, and depression. Clearly communicate how you would like to be treated.

Nurse Shortage

Celayix

JUNE 7, 2023

How many times have you tried to create the perfect nurse schedule for your Long Term Care Facility? Nurse Scheduling is Complex Nurse and Long Term Care (LTC) staff scheduling has many moving pieces. This can also lead to nurse burnout and lower than intended patient care standards. Countless times. It can be frustrating right?

Long Term Care

Registered Nursing

APRIL 30, 2025

Whether through virtual patient care, educational platforms, or healthcare consulting, licensed RNs can build flexible, rewarding careers without stepping into a traditional clinical setting. Telehealth Triage Nurse Telehealth triage nurses assess symptoms via phone or video and guide patients to appropriate care. According to the U.S.

Nursing Informatics

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

An innovative approach to help new graduate nurses transition into practice Takeaways: As the nursing shortage continues, more new nursing graduates will take jobs in specialty areas such as critical care. According to the 2023 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN staffing report, the average hospital turnover rate remains elevated.

Professional Development

Relias

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These programs allow organizations to innovate care solutions, provide better outcomes for their clients, and create a better culture. By taking the time to create these types of engagement programs for employees, you’ll show your staff members that you care about their future and that you’re invested in their future within your organization.

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