Nursing Career

All nursing facilities are subject to inspection or survey by virtue of their: certification to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, and/or licensure by the state in which they operate. State licensure standards, generally, have followed Federal certification standards, and state personnel perform the…

Address Changes: Medication Aide renewal applications will be mailed to ALL holders of a current, valid medication aide certificate. To change your address you must include your name, certificate number, mailing address, which includes your county, as well as your telephone number. Address changes must…

Gallup Poll: Power Elite Believes Nurses Should Have More Say in Policy, Management Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, AJN interim editor-in-chief Last week I attended a press conference in Washington, D.C., where the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a Gallup poll it had commissioned to find out what…

Congratulations on your new position! Welcome to the world of SICU nursing! Actually, shift reports are the end product of what you did and accomplished for the past 8-16 hrs. with a brief history of how and why your patient got to the ICU. I found it helpful to write down the following at the beginning…

This book was terriblewhich is probably why it was free! I m guessing that the author has never had or been around children herself. As a mother if three, the mommy parts of the book were completely implausible. When I read the author bio at the back, there was no mention of being a mother-and what…

There are so many times I’ve heard someone say how great it must be to “only” work 3 days a week. I usually smile, nod, and lie through my teeth: yes, it’s great having 4 days off every week. But are usually 14-hour shifts, and the work that we do as nurses is physically and emotionally demanding, draining…

As a public health nursing professional, you are called on to provide access to health care to many who may not normally be able to afford medical services. Your patients include poor and uninsured populations from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds. A public health nurse strives to promote…