Have you experienced age discrimination? This writer says it exists, and it's real. Maybe you are having a hard time getting hired, or worse yet, you've lost your job for flimsy reasons. Here are some tips to help.
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The causes of nursing stress are too numerous to list; the expectations that we provide excellence in patient care, create patient satisfaction, and maintain patient safety while also having to deal with high patient-to-staff ratios, heavier workloads, and bullying are just too much to handle. So, what can you do?
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Vision loss is a reality for some nurses. Does it mean the end of a career in nursing? First-person accounts reveal that technology, self-awareness, reasonable accommodations and colleague support are key factors in continued practice for nurses with vision loss.
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Your creativity could put money in your pocket! Submit an original nursing-related article of 600 words or more andonce voting closes, you could be one of four winners of $150! Write one or write ten (or more). The more unique the better.
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In a time where technology seems to be the common theme throughout the world, and the majority of people have smartphones with video and camera capabilities at their fingertips, it is most certainly changing healthcare. Have you ever been asked by a family member to be recorded during standard care...or even thought you were being secretly taped by them?
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I caught one of the night nurses at our psych unit using the Pyxis as a resource and dispensing medications to patients as she sees fit. This nurse primarily works as the only RN on the unit. The nurse in question charted in MAK that she gave two IM injections to a patient.
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