At work last night, while I was demonstrating how to place a catheter for a less experienced nurse who couldn’t quite get it, ...

Nurses are trained talkers. We use our words to express SBAR, to educate our patients, to report off to other nurses, etc. Yet ...

I went to my grandmother's bedside and experienced something new: I was the family member on the “other side” of being a healthcare ...

As nurses we never really leave our "jobs" at the work place--we are always nurses outside the hospital as evidenced by the deference ...

It takes a brave person to walk into a patient's room for the first time and offer to help.

As a nurse who is newly "in charge" I have been really struggling with how to make the most of my position without ...

When patient information gets mangled, it can be like the game where a "secret" is whispered into the ear of one person, then ...

I'm still a relatively new nurse, but things are starting to "click" with me. Here's a list of 7 critical things I've learned. ...

I was warned, in nursing school, that nurses are constantly struggling to keep up and stay current. But those courses? They take lots ...

This week I received a gift from a patient: really the 1st gift I’ve ever received from someone I’ve cared for as a ...