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2017 Nursing Salary Survey As nurses, we know how valuable we are to the healthcare system as a whole. We also know that we are respected by the public. Nurses have consistently ranked in the top position of the Gallup poll with Americans rating nurses as having the highest honesty and ethical standards. How do our salaries compare with the overall respect and importance placed on our jobs? Read More

Lifelong Learning Fulfilling licensure renewal and continuing education requirements can be overwhelming at worst and frustrating at best for healthcare professionals at all levels. Read More

Closing the Chapter on SNFs After two years of working in SNFs, I saw the nurse I was becoming and knew it was time to move on. I got a new job at a great hospital and am not looking back, except to write about my experience of course! Read More

It's All About the Cookies It's difficult to summarize - I'm using 'cookies' both literally and as a metaphor for little things making a difference in patient care, and patient contentment, in LTC facilities, but the same argument/principle could be applied in most patient settings. Read More

AN.com's Soap Opera, "Generic Hospital" It looks like the female allnurses.com avatar is going to report the male allnurses.com avator for unwelcome advances! Read More

Can you be forced to be charge nurse? I've been a nurse for 1 year and 2 months. My charge nurse just recently came to me and told me that I would be charge nurse tonight and I would be the charge nurse when 2 of our other relief charge nurses leave in just 2-3 months. Read More