You’ve done it. You submitted your resume and cover letter, and you just made it through a nursing job interview with the manager for a nursing job you really want. Now what? Do you wait for a call? No, you get your ducks in a row, follow up in a timely manner and plan your next move. Take Stock in
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Made My Day By Cecilia Garrabrant, RN The sun was almost setting when I drove home from work. I was tired like most days, but even more so on this particular day – mostly because I had just received some bad news. Despite being preoccupied, I decided to go to the grocery store to get milk and fruit anyway. As
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Why Am I a Nurse? In 1994, I was an Army Medic at a desolate post in Northern California. We were in the middle of nowhere, and the nearest hospital was an hour away. Our post had a clinic with two medics on duty and a doctor on call. One night a civilian drove her husband, who was having chest
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Taking the time to say thank you can have an immediate and long-lasting impact on the person you’re thanking. It can uplift spirits or turn an “I wish I hadn’t gotten out of bed” day into the best day of the week (or year!). It can change a person’s perspective on life and positively affect interactions with others during the
Continue readingWhen you are a nurse, you know that everyday you will touch a life or a life will touch yours. Nursing is not just an ART, it has a heART. Nursing is not just a SCIENCE, but it has a conSCIENCE. To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do in spite of
Continue readingBeing a nurse is incredibly hard at times. You’re the person patients see most often. You go between doctors and patients and you often have to explain things to both sides. A doctor may not understand why a patient is upset and a patient isn’t always likely to understand why a prescription wasn’t written or a test was or wasn’t
Continue readingWe can all agree that nurses work hard enough as it is! So why do some nurses take on extra work to make the shift towards becoming a theatre nurse? I’m going to list three reasons why nurses in different fields take on extra training and education to get into working in surgery as a theatre nurse. Although the salary
Continue readingWhile all the resumes require a certain level of efficiency when writing, nursing resumes have an additional layer to work on. Nurses have to consider many professional and general resume tips. Although you might have a qualified education in nursing along with an experienced background, you will not be able to succeed unless you are first able to sell yourself.
Continue readingWhen Baby Boomers think about the new nursing graduates coming into their workplaces, they tend to envision a group of young, fresh-faced people who are eagerly awaiting the chance to work hard to provide the best in patient care. While that may have been true in years past, today’s new graduates often present a different profile – what does that
Continue readingWith a 10 days to go until Christmas and if starting the New Year with a New Nurse Job is what you are after then take these twelve days of Nurse Job Career Goals steps to help you get prepared for your New Year New Nursing Career path. So what is the first step when looking for jobs in nursing? Day 1:
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