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How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days As a nurse, we hear about the obesity epidemic more now than ever. You see it in your patients and sometimes in yourself. As nurses, we are looked up to by our patients and should represent the image of health. Yet, this is often not the case. Read More

LGBTQ Youth: Resources for Pediatric Nurses Pediatric nurses are key to facilitating improvements for the health and well-being of LGBTQ children and adolescents. In schools, at the hospital bedside, and other settings, they have opportunities to identify concerns, start conversations, and connect children and teens to support. Read More

Evil Nurses I am done with evil nurses who absolutely do not want to help new (in terms of experience) nurses. I have a co-worker who refuses to answer any of my questions and turns me away but she has the nerve to gossip about what possible mistakes I could do at work for being so new and handling the sickest patient! Read More

Using Hand Sanitizers - Is a squirt and go method enough? We've all been taught the importance of washing our hands since we were kids. And when we got to nursing school, the importance was stressed even more. I don't know about you, but antibacterial soap and water is all we had when I hit the floor as a brand new nurse. Read More

Help! Scared. Is this really happening?! I am starting my first night with no orientation. ITS my first job in the USA! My boss just text me and say, we are understaffed, night CSS supervisor will show you around and help anything you need, but no one to precept you. Read More

Minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies?? Curious to see how other facilities offer lunch breaks, especially on nights, when there are minimum staffing requirements. I work in an ED/level II trauma center, and we have our core minimum staff overnight. If they leave the department to take a break, that means bad things for our minimum staffing. Read More