The Hotel Phenomenon

Since when did flat screen TVs, overstuffed arm chairs, a multi-page food menu, and an almost concierge service become a major focus in modern day hospitals?
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Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

I am an RN in a peds clinic, and it seems nurses who work in outpatient settings are not looked at as "real nurses" by their acute care RN counterparts. Is there a future in outpatient nursing?
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Suck It Up, Buttercup! Nursing when you want to cry

Caring for others when your own personal world is falling apart is hard to do. Professionalism in all that we do may be out of reach when our hearts are breaking for something going on at home.
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Advance your career today!

Nurses are always in demand but many specialties require an advanced education. allnurses has compiled information from some of the top online learning institutions so that you can prepare for that next step in your career path.
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Can I Refuse an Assignment?

Do you know the best place to look for the State of Georgia law regarding caring for pediatric patients when I have had only very minimal training many years ago. Our facility is short PEDS nurses and on some days, it has become the responsibility of some of us RNs who have mainly cared for adults.
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Did Grey’s Anatomy Get It Right With The Superhero Pose?

We all have seen an added dose of stretching of the truth or flat out lies throughout the history of medically centered television and movies. Causing us to change the channel or annoying everyone else in the room with our reflexive statements of “that’s not true!” or “that’s not how it REALLY is done!”.
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So, why are you a nurse?

I initially didn't want to be a nurse. That was my sisters thing and I remember joking with her about it. Told her that I didn't want to be the one rubbing powder under boobs, cleaning poop, and such things. So I thought I was cool and went to an engineering school.
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