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14 Tips on working in relaxation time for working parents

There’s little doubt that being a parent comes with sleepless nights and endless hard work. Unfortunately, these also extend to your work status as a nurse. For parents who are also nurses, the stress affects not only your family life but also your professional one.

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Impact of nursing shortage: Where are all the nurses?

Although working short used to be a situational occurrence, anyone working in nursing today can attest to the everyday commonality of this situation now. And while it may be tempting to wholly blame it on poor working conditions (not altogether untrue), the actual reasons behind our depleted workforce are a bit more nuanced.

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In The Field: Nurse Melissa believed that mentorship is invaluable throughout a nurse's career.

Melissa Sherman, BSN, RN, Holistic Transformational Life Coach, and End-of-Life Care Specialist, believes strongly in mentorship and has established a mentorship program that benefits both the mentor and the mentee.

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What does a home health care nurse do—and how do I become one?

Becoming a Home Health Nurse (HHN) is a pretty doable transition for just about any nurse with decent clinical experience. HHNs are great communicators, able to speak plainly with both patients and its family members

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How distrust in healthcare is fueling anger towards nurses—one nurse’s POV

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Nursing Unions: What have they won for nurses?

Labor unions have been around for more than a century. Only more recently, has unionizing the healthcare industry regained public interest. There are many pros and cons to nursing unions and what gains they make for nursing, as well as mixed opinions on how unions benefit the nursing profession.

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In the Field: Nurse Lima discusses how she shared skills and tools she learned as a nursing student in her Masters program to assist nursing students in finishing their studies.

I started a blog for nursing students called The Teachable Nurse in hopes of sharing skills and tools I learned as a nursing student and in my Masters program to help nursing students through their schooling

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In The Field: Nurse Lesa discusses how fulfilling it is to graduate as a nurse and make a difference in the lives of your patients.

An addiction specialty nurse in Michigan, Lesa Pongracz, LPN, encourages nursing students to keep going no matter how mentally, physically and emotionally challenging nursing school is.

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In The Field: Nurse Colleen describes how working with supportive and helpful colleagues help her get through difficult days.

A fresh graduate of Med Surg., who says working with her colleagues who are always willing to help and provide assistance helps her get through challenging days.

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How to be a good mentor to new nurses & nursing students during a pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a new emphasis to mentoring, as the healthcare delivery system has experienced a tremendous turnover resulting in a huge influx of new staff at every level.

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Abortion bans — an attack on healthcare rights

We will answer a far-more-relevant-to-nursing question— “What are the key facts that support access to safe and legal abortion as a pillar of reproductive health and freedom?” Because the good news is, when circular debates with all their nefarious rancor and virulent rhetoric swirl us about like Dorothy in the tornado, we have one true thing we can safely anchor to: science

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In The Field: Nurse Hailee calls for all health-care providers to remember that each patient is a human being that needs respect and empathy

A cardiac nurse in Ames, Iowa, says that the best way to make patients feel the care you're providing is to show them respect and empathy.

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7 Strategic ways to reignite your passion for nursing

On a scale of one to ten(1-10), 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest, how passionate are you about the nursing profession in comparison with when you first got in? I suspect three possibilities, you are either no longer passionate, mid way lost or high spirited about it.

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5 Life Coping Skills For Nurses

The nursing profession has always been said to be for the strong-hearted and 'lion-spirited'. So much energy is expended during each shift such that even as an empathetic and compassionate nurse, you could still find the nursing profession extremely difficult without the required stamina and a good number of nurse-life coping skills.

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20 Reasons nursing is a post-apocalyptic skill

Although we don’t currently live in a post apocalyptic world, nurses most definitely have the skills to survive!

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Don’t Say Gay— A Nurse’s POV

We must actively work to create—and maintain—an environment that is safe and welcoming and familiarize ourselves with the specific healthcare risks that members of this diverse population face, in order to screen our patients effectively.