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Celebrate Nurses 365 Days
We just recently celebrated National Nurses Week and everyone has returned back to their normal work routine. During Nurses Week many received breakfast, lunch, cookies, candy, pens, t-shirts, and other trinkets from their nurse managers or facility. Unfortunately,...
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5 Ways to Improve Cultural Competence in Nursing Care
Nowadays, nurses are increasingly working with patients from different cultural backgrounds. This brings opportunities and challenges for nurses to deliver culturally competent services. Whether working at a hospital, in a nursing home, or within a school, nurses must...
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Reducing Colorectal Cancer Risks with the Mediterranean Diet
According to the American Cancer Society, minorities get colorectal cancer (CRC) more often than other groups. A diet low in animal fats and high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains may reduce the risk for CRC. Diet? Which diet? This is where confusion sets in and...
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Could Your Patient Have a Food Allergy?
Springtime is allergy season. No matter were you live, the changing seasons bring new outdoor and indoor allergens for people with seasonal allergies to cope with. But while people sniffle and wipe watery, itchy eyes, there's another allergy that isn't always as...
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3 Tips for Communicating with Patients’ Families
As a nurse, you already know communicating with patients and their families is one of the most important parts of your job. You are likely often busy with many tasks and may be looking after multiple patients, but taking the extra moment to connect can be vital to...
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Neuroscience Nursing Requires Complex and Compassionate Care
Every year, National Neuroscience Nurses Week is celebrated in the third week of May. The week honors nurses who dedicate themselves to this field and to the patients and families impacted by everything from severe head trauma to stroke. Neuroscience nurses focus on...
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5 Ways for New Nurses to Keep Their Emotions in Check
Working in health care can be emotionally demanding and stressful. Not only do nurses normalize their own emotional reactions to practice, but they also ease the fear and distress of their patients. Research shows that early career nurses are likely to react more...
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Opportunities for Nurses During National Nurses Week
This week is National Nurses Week. Several businesses across the country are honoring nurses this week with deals and discounts. Nurses have been recognized as the most trusted profession for the past 16 years. As nurses, we play vital roles in disease prevention,...
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Are You Mentoring Someone?
One of my greatest pleasures in life is being a mentor to the next generation of nurses (not all of them, obviously!). I’ve learned over the years that the mentor/mentee relationship should be taken seriously. Mentoring relationships have often grown organically in my...
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Celebrate National School Nurse Day Today
Today's celebration of National School Nurse Day is recognition that school nurses are an integral and essential part of any school community. And while a school nurse's mission has remained steady over the years, the job responsibilities and job duties have not....
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