The Senate Education Committee has recently advanced legislation to ensure that school nurses in New Jersey meet certain training and education requirements. The bill is intended for Registered Nurses to meet certain eligibility requirements before being able to work in a school. The bill’s primary… read more →
Almost everyone with a full time job will be spending more time at work than at home. You will most likely see your coworkers more than anyone else during the year. The same is true with many students. They will be spending more time at… read more →
RN Salary Report 2015 Are you curious which setting an RN makes the most? How about where you should move to in order to make the most amount of money as an RN? Medscape recently released a report outlining the results of a survey… read more →
The pool of available Registered Nurses in the United States and worldwide seems to always fluctuate. At any given time, there could be a surplus of available nurses, and in turn, there could also be a drought. Hospitals are managed with temporary nurses that… read more →
Renee Hendrix, RN is a NICU nurse at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She has cared for thousands of premature babies over the years. She was asked to sit and watch a video, not knowing what it was for. A video clip was shown… read more →
Doesn’t it feel like it was just the last day of school? Well the summer is just about over and it’s that time again; time to prepare for the upcoming school year. School nurses have a lot to do before the start of school, and… read more →
From left: Valerie Terzano RN, member of the NSHC Nurse of Excellence Subcommittee and Chief Nursing Officer, Senior Vice President of Nursing, Winthrop-University Hospital; 2015 Nurse of Excellence Winner Christine Glaser RN; Jennifer Bryer PhD, Chairperson, Department of Nursing/Associate Professor, Farmingdale State College; and Gara… read more →
If you think there is a typical day as an ER nurse, you are wrong. Although ER nurses may follow the same work schedule, each day is a different story that brings about different scenarios. Emergency nurses specialize in rapid assessment and treatment when every second… read more →
Someone once told me to close my eyes and say something that was the truth. Then close my eyes and tell a lie. With the lie, you will feel it somewhere in your body. If you try it, and continue to try it you will… read more →
How can this traditional system change? I remember the days of “Nursing” when there were more jobs available than nurses. We now are living in the time that there are more nurses than there are jobs (at least in New York). I have become very… read more →
