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How much are nurses making? 2015 Salary Survey results available soon More than 18,800 respondents provided some very interesting and credible data. Thanks to all of you who participated. Read More

I Left Work Sick- Can I be Charged With Patient Abandonment? I woke up to go to work feeling sick. It was too late to call in, so off to work I went. I informed the ADON about my illness and was told that a replacement would be provided and then I would be relieved to go home. Read More

The Agony of Ecstasy - Act 3... Ringing the Curtain Down This final section will examine two case studies and the lessons learned from them. Pediatric critical care providers may believe they're insulated from patients who present with significant designer drug ingestion, but as you'll see, that's not the case any longer. Read More

I Came for the Job, I Stayed for the Calling Is nursing just a job? Or is it something more? I realized for me it's both. Some days it's just a job, but it's the calling that makes me stay. It's knowing that I'm touching lives, not just bodies, that makes the difference. Read More

Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips? I have been a RN for 11 years now, have seen much as many of you have. One thing that continues to irk me are nurses that think because they are a nurse are somehow a cross between Florence Nightingale and Jesus--and act like it. Read More

Nurses Share 10 Critical Tips They Never Learned in Nursing School Becoming a nurse is long and sometimes arduous journey. It takes years of schooling and healthy doses of patience, persistence and poise. But the pathway to greatness in nursing is paved with experience. Read More

Pendulum Swinging too Far on Pain Meds? A good friend of mine's hubby is waiting for a hip replacement surgery. He's the farthest thing from a drug seeker I can think of. He's in a lot of pain, bone on bone. Read More

Nurse with ADD :( i was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little kid. I was put on stimulants and they worked well my grades improved but my parents took me off cuz of s/e (lost too much weight, couldn't sleep etc) Read More