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Pros and Cons of Nursing Unions — Your Healthcare community

“Much like any major decision, there are certainly pros and cons to joining a nursing union. We want our fellow nurses to feel as informed as possible when making this choice, so we have compiled a list of pros and cons below.”

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Come Correct: How to Ace Any Nursing Interview

The key is coming in prepared. Knowing your responses to a few essential questions will help to eliminate the can’t-remember-my-own-name feeling that interview jitters can conjure up.

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In The Field: An experienced nurse gives his advice for new graduates

“Just because it’s hard isn’t a reason to stop doing something. It’s up to you. You’re in charge of yourself and you’ve earned the right to do what makes YOU happy.”

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Culturally Competent: The Importance of Informed Care

While the TIC approach is typically practiced and implemented through a social work lens, there is value in adopting this approach in everyday medical settings as well.

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The Work-Life Juggle

In the nurse mom’s quest to achieve work-life balance, we must understand that we are capable, clever, and most-of-all—human. Sometimes a ball will drop, but from that we must learn and grow and carry on tomorrow.

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Nurse, period: on fighting stereotypes

To me, there has never been a more definitive period at the end of “Nurse.” To say you worked as a nurse in 2020 is a statement unto itself.

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5 Tips to Negotiate Nursing Salaries

Knowing your value as a healthcare practitioner and being able to successfully market yourself are two skills that any nurse can sharpen.

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The Working Mom’s Dilemma

The fact of the matter is that balancing childcare and work remain very much Mom’s Responsibility. (And this is assuming a two-parent household—single moms default to this role.)

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A Look at the Impact of Medical Biases on Patients

As the medical professional begins to use terms like "lazy" and "bad" they begin to see their patents as worthless leading them to ignore symptoms and possible causes. These biases can cause lower quality of care, and those who have been deemed obese seek less medical care.

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“Brenda Doesn’t Work Here:” How to be Seen at Work

There’s a power that comes from declaring who you are—that comes from claiming yourself proudly. When nurses do this—watch out!

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How to: Handling name mispronunciations in the workplace

The correct pronunciation of a name matters greatly and is imperative to foster healthy work environments and professional relationships.

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You’ve Got the ‘How,’ Now #FindYourWhy

In this dumpster fire of a year, the ability to stay tapped into your why is how I imagine there are even nurses left, at all. Because pandemic nursing ain’t for sissies, y’all.

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Safety in a Time of PPE Shortages

If the lack of PPE in your workplace leaves you feeling uncared for, stressed out, and angry, and there is no response to your concerns, perhaps you need to leave for your sanity’s sake.

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Black Nurse Associations

One means of advancing the role Black nurses play in healthcare is through nursing associations designed for and by them. The adoption of anti-racist frameworks starting in nursing school curriculum and extending up through post-graduate practice is supported by these organizations.

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Volunteering to Reignite the Nursing Soul

Volunteering is a way to rekindle the nurses’ appetite for caring. Even though at first it may seem like an excessive burden to place on an already overworked group, there is no greater salve for the weary soul than feeling like one’s efforts are needed, appreciated, and transformative.

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The Top 5 Qualities of an Effective Leader in Nursing

Great leaders in nursing all possess a handful of qualities that make them successful; an effective leader can bring about positive change by inspiring those around them to improve, all while maintaining their drive to pursue the organization’s operation.

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Securing Preceptors for Nurse Practitioner Clinicals

When I began my clinical rotations for my Family Nurse Practitioner program, I felt confident about the clinical sites that I had lined up for at least the next two semesters. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic worsened, clinical placements began to fall through.

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Should I Become a Travel Nurse?

These jobs are in high demand right now as hospitals are increasingly becoming understaffed. Being a travel nurse is a great opportunity because you can work in nearly any specialty.

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So You Want to be an ER Nurse?

Always remember, you were hired onto this unit for a reason, and part of that reason is that someone saw in you a glimmer of “go-getter-ness.”

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Nurses' Mental Health and the Pandemic

Readjust expectations and work on healthy coping skills. Remember that running at capacity is normal for the winter months. If you’ve been laid off, look around at what is available that is outside what you would normally be doing and apply there.