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2019 Nursing Salary Survey

In February 2018, almost 17,000 members and readers in the United States and Canada holding an active nursing license participated in our allnurses online salary survey.

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RaDonda Vaught’s Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

By now, most nurses have heard about RaDonda Vaught, a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse who was charged with reckless homicide and patient abuse as a result of administering the wrong drug that killed a patient in December 2017.

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Why Is This Patient Smelling Music? - The Mind-Body Connection Pt. 1

“Our problem child is back.” Ann whispered as I sat down at the nurses’ station to chart. “You mean Susan? I hope she’s okay, I’m worried about that girl.” I said.

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NTI 2019 - ABCDEF Bundle - Some Questions and Answers

The ABCDEF Bundle of care for ICU patients has been the subject of recent discussions on several social media outlets that I frequent. I wanted more information and was able to interview a very reliable source.

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What’s your favorite feature with the brand new allnurses.com?

After a few weeks, we hope that the veteran users of allnurses.com have settled in and found the wealth of new features within the web site. If you’re a relatively new user, we hope that you’ve found the revamped allnurses.com welcoming and full of exciting new features.

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How to retain nurses?

"How can we retain nurses?" This question was queried at my last staff meeting by the director. We currently are using 17 or more travel nurses in our approximately 150 bed hospital with at least 20 or more openings for full time, part time and seasonal nurses posted.

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A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

I graduated nursing school in May 2017. I passed my NCLEX in July '17 and was hired right away onto a SICU at a level I trauma center/teaching hospital. I was miserable the first 4 or so months of my job, as I had very little confidence and had an incredibly patronizing preceptor.

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5 Tips for Returning to Nursing After a Gap

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