You reached my profile page! I'm a case management RN as well as a rehabilitation nurse with CRRN certification. I accrued four years of experience as a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) prior to becoming an RN in 2010. I take pleasure in learning new tidbits regularly. Please read my assortment of blog posts and articles and feel free to comment if any content I've posted has sparked your interest.
Based on my experiences as a floor nurse, charge nurse and supervisor in the long term care industry, I have compiled a list of cons associated with this type...
Countless nursing students and pre-nursing students want (or need) to work while attending school and are seeking employment that will result in allied...
I am assured that every nurse who has ever worked at the bedside has provided care for patients who never receive any visitors. Some of us are left wondering...
Patient satisfaction surveys are important in helping the healthcare facility to harvest data, discover perceptions of the care being rendered, and gather...
The management at my place of employment recently hired a group of nurses who are all youngish, slim, and physically attractive as a response to declining...
Bullying results in dire consequences for many nurses and other healthcare workers, including job loss, public humiliation, anxiety, depression, and shattered...
Getting a foot in the door of a healthcare facility is immensely important in this competitive day and age, and some students want to get an early start....
Dealing with present-oriented patients can be challenging and frustrating for a myriad of reasons. They often do not consider the future implications of...
I readily admit I have either bent or broken some rules that nurses are supposed to stringently uphold. However, I hope I'm not alone when I say that some of...
Many hospitals and other types of healthcare facilities made the conversion from 8-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts many years ago, mostly due to difficulties...
Some nurses have never worked one day inside a traditional acute care hospital during the entire length of their nursing careers. How could this possibly...
During a 'slow code,' the members of the healthcare team are purposely not putting forth their full efforts to resuscitate the patient by moving with no...
This is my personal story of an upward strive toward the degree and credentials that would eventually free me from a life of bleakness in the factories. I did...
The members of the public who are convinced that registered nurses earn huge salaries are like shrubs on the outside looking in because they do not know how...
Not all careers allow a person to positively influence oneself and society at the same time. I am so very thankful to be a nurse because, even though we might...
This article is prepared in direct response to the numerous inquiries that job seekers make about their upcoming nursing job interviews. The intended purpose of...
I have watched as many technically-skilled nurses have gotten fired for their inability to get along with others and their poor interpersonal skills. To be...
Many nurses express the fear of losing their hard-earned licenses. However, I suspect that much of this fear might be overrated. I have decided to share four...
Some of our coworkers are wonderful and, as a result, our shifts are great whenever we work with these people. Others are less than stellar. I have created a...
Many prospective nursing students have asked if they should commute to nursing school. I've been there and done that twice without any regrets. This article...