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Becoming a Healthcare Writer - My pursuit of a role beyond the bedside My personal experience with breaking into the field of healthcare writing - reasons why I chose to scale back on bedside care and focus on my writing skills related to nursing. Read More

Job Stagnation: How to recognize and what to do about it! Your first day/week/month/year at a new job, and you can’t imagine ever being bored on the job, or feeling like you aren’t learning anything new. Read More

Men With Eating Disorders are Underrecognized and Underserved February 26 – March 4 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week for 2017. Nurses at all levels of practice must stay vigilant in their assessments to help discern which patients may be suffering from an eating disorder. Read More

Nursing Student: Can a Person with a Trach Work in the Hospital? I recently found out that I would need a permanent tracheostomy. I have one more semester left of nursing school (rn) before I graduate, but I have taken a leave from school to work out all of this health stuff. I don't know when exactly I will get it, but I am trying to push it off as long as possible. Read More

Accuracy of body temperature is paramount in diagnosing a patient's illness Nurses are on the frontline of patient care and it has always been Exergen’s mission to support their work and help make their jobs easier and more effective. Read More

What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift? So, fellow night shifters, how do you handle it when someone you're working with falls asleep - not just doses off for a minute, but legitimately is in la-la land, sometimes a few times per shift? Just hypothetically, of course. Read More