Advancing a Nursing Career

How To Advance A Nursing Career

There are many ways you can benefit from furthering your nursing career. You will have more job opportunities. You will also have the chance to make more money if you advance a nursing career. Top Ways to Advance a Nursing Career You have many options if you want to further your nursing career. Below is…

pre-nursing programs

Your Guide to Pre-nursing Programs

Nursing can be a fulfilling career as you help take care of patients and earn a steady income. The road to becoming a nurse involves both education and training. Before you can enroll in a nursing school and start your nursing career, you need to have the basic requirements and skills to get into nursing…

NSNA Membership

National Student Nurses’ Association | NSNA Membership

The National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) is the membership organization that supports aspiring nursing candidates. NSNA Membership opens opportunities for scholarships, informative conferences, NCLEX-RN licensing examination study materials, malpractice insurance, and discounts on hotels, shopping, professional journals and healthcare insurance. They also provide a professional magazine geared towards the information that helps aspiring nurses complete…

HIPAA Compliance Nursing

Nursing: Understanding HIPAA Compliance

All patient information is federally protected by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This act also outlines security rules and procedures of how healthcare practitioners including nurses should handle personal health information. What Patient Health Information is Protected by Federal Law? Medical records detailing…

malpractice insurance

Do Nurse Anesthetists need malpractice insurance?

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) need malpractice insurance. CRNAs have work duties during surgical procedures that make them responsible for a patient’s vital functions and pain levels, while sedated. Nurse anesthetists must be careful to calculate the precise dosage of anesthetic medicines. Nurse anesthetics hold patient’s lives in their hands. There is a higher liability…

nursing resume

Nursing Resume Writing Guide for 2018

Nursing resume writing isn’t incredibly different from any other professional career. You should highlight your strengths and accomplishments, while identifying key elements that make you perfect for the job you’re applying for. But, if it was truly that simple, we’d have no unemployed nurses. One of the most unfortunate trends occurring among newly graduated nursing…

job interview

Nursing Job Interview Tips for Success

After spending countless hours refining your resume, filling out job applications and preparing your talking points, it’s finally happened: you have a nursing job interview. For many nurses, this moment is one filled with excitement and anxiety. While you may have dedicated an immense amount of energy to finding your perfect job, when the time…

nursing trends

Nursing Trends of 2018

Nursing trends come and go every year, but 2018 had many new trends that seem to be here for the long run. Let’s take a look at the biggest nursing trends of 2018. One of the most dramatic nursing trends of 2018 is the focus on issues impacting older adults. Eighty-five years and older represents…

nursing shoes

Tips for Finding Your Perfect Nursing Shoes

For anyone who’s ever purchased an ill-fitting pair of shoes, you understand how painful and frustrating this situation is, both literally and figuratively. Of course, this situation is a pain for all persons, but when it comes to nurses, improper shoes can mean the difference of having a productive and swift shift or one that’s…