As nurses, we tend to steel ourselves against showing our emotions, especially with patients and their families. So what happens when the "worst ...

Is wearing the nurse badge a GOOD thing? It depends on whether or not you want the world to know who you are ...

The best bags, clothing and other odds and ends every smart nursing student needs to carry!

Do I really need to look like the Michelin Man to be a great nurse? My honest answer: NO.

Have you ever wondered why certain patients act the way they do around nurses? Why some are pleasant and cooperative and some are ...

Everyone's got their opinion: should you start out in a specialty first?

None of these can be taught. None of these can be learned. In the end, you either posses these traits…or you don’t.

This is that phenomena where, during a “war stories” sharing session with your fellow nurses, ONE nurse out there always has had it ...

Sometimes you'll find yourself managing a patient years after they were discharged. How do you handle these situations?

I think that this particular "buzzphrase" has torpedoed the careers of more nurses than I care to imagine.