Top 10 Things I Loved About Nursing

As a late-middle-aged RN who is newly retired from clinical nursing, I'd like to share a retrospective on a long and fruitful career that brought me a fair share of heartache, but also great joys. These are the things I loved about nursing. I hope that perhaps you'll see something of yourself in the paragraphs that follow and appreciate what your profession has given you.

I've had a little time recently to ponder both the good and bad aspects of the vocation I chose long ago. And although it got to be too much for me in the end, there was far more positive than negative. Here are the things I used to love about nursing... Read More

Whats your NICU experience?

So for 4 years I have been wanting to become a NICU nurse. My reasoning for wanting to be this type of nurse is because I don't have to work with dirty older patients, I feel like I would be able to get to know my patients family (so it's more personal/ meaningful), I enjoy babies, and I have had my heart set on the NICU before I even started my nursing classes. Read More

[Toon] 2014 Happy New Year

It is time to forget the past and celebrate a new beginning. From all of us at allnurses.com, Wishing you and your family a happy New Year! What's your New Year resolution? Read More

High frequency vents on your unit

Which do you use where you work, Jets or oscillators? Just wondering... We have Jets, there was a period of time about a year ago that we had to use oscillators because of a circuit problem that the jets were having. I was not a fan of the oscillators at all! Read More

Let's call it "organ support," not life support

This is an idea that originated in a legal nursing group discussion about the brain-dead teen at Children's in Oakland. While I completely understand the family's pain and that a lot of it is due to misunderstandings, I think the language we use in these situations contributes to this, and would like to spread the idea that better language would be more descriptive.

What would it be like if the health care people involved in this didn't say that a brain-dead person was on "life support," but instead called it "organ support"? Read More

Nursing Salary Survey 2014

Compensation is an extremely important aspect for the overwhelming majority of people who must work for a living, including the nurses who claim to do their jobs for purely altruistic reasons. Salary surveys can empower nurses because they unearth valuable information.

As we welcome the dawn of a propitious new year that is brimming with plenty of promise and new beginnings, I wanted to bring up a topic that is influential to most people. Of course, the topic at hand is compensation. Read More

A Morning in the Life of a Nurse and a Doctor

A nurse's day ends as a doctor's day begins. A snapshot of a morning exchange outside of the workplace. Who are we beyond our hospital personas? Grant me a glimpse, a small peek, into your life as it relates to your work. Read More

Cannabis and Healthcare 2014

2014 saw the beginning of legalized cannabis shops in Denver Colorado. What does this mean for us as Healthcare professionals, will we see a reduction in alcohol related diseases? Or will we see an increase in Cannabis related diseases?

The eyes of the world are watching the new experimental POT shops... Read More

Woohoo...Denver 2014!

I just booked my hotel for Denver! I'm going alone so I hope to get to meet some of you guys in Denver. I'm staying at the Grand Hyatt, the Hyatt Regency is already booked as well as one of them Hampton Inn places......get a move on if you are thinking of going! Read More

Nursing Nightmares

What kinds of nightmares or dreams do you have as a nurse / pca / healthcare worker?

I have recurrent nightmares about forgetting I had a patient on my assignment. I'll get to report and then the horror dawns on me that I forgot about the patient in room "7" - never assessed them, checked on them, or gave them meds. I have nightmares... Read More

I met an angel, my OB nurse

This is about a nurse who touched me in a special way. I had my baby almost two years ago, and yet I still remember how it felt like to have a wonderful nurse at my side. I just had to let this out. I know there are a lot of nurses out there who do good work. Whenever I hear the word "hero" I think of that nurse because that was what she was to me that day. Thank you to all great nurses out there, you rock!!!! Read More