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16 10, 2019

Fall in Love with Your First Nursing Job by Choosing the Right One

2019-12-30T13:13:44-08:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Career Programs, Nurses Corner, Research|

While choosing nursing as your career may have been a simple decision, your choice of nursing specialization may not be so easy. After all, there are dozens of areas where you can work in any health care organization as well as numerous specialty organizations that offer home health and hospice care. You could even put your nursing education to work behind the desk at an insurance company or in case management. With so many choices, you may be worried that [...]

11 10, 2019

Pros and Cons of Working “Only” Three Days Each Week

2019-12-30T13:16:16-08:00October 11th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Career Programs, Education, Nurses Corner|

Today, the majority of nurses, particularly newly licensed nurses, end up working 12-hour shifts rather than the traditional 8-hour shift. This often makes staffing easier in hospitals, and hospital managers argue in favor of the great continuity of care for patients. However, even though some love the flexibility of the 12-hour shift, it is not all glamor and downtime. For many nurses, this dreaded shift can pose many real problems and distinct health dangers. Pros and Cons of a 3/7, [...]

20 09, 2019

Building an Incident Response Team in Your Emergency Room

2025-11-19T14:56:24-08:00September 20th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Education, Nurses Corner|

Today, many of the largest organizations and businesses have incident response teams that are designed to respond to unusual and dangerous situations quickly. Some businesses may have incident response teams to deal with unexpected computer system failures or major electrical outages. Large hospitals should also have carefully planned teams that can deal with mass injuries and casualties. Of course, in a health care organization, this team would be institution-wide and would include many different leaders in all departments. However, [...]

7 12, 2018

Stress Management

2019-12-30T13:22:25-08:00December 7th, 2018|Categories: Education, Nurses Corner|

Do you feel stressed at your job? Well, you aren’t alone in feeling this way. According to the American Attitudes in the Workplace survey, 80% of Americans feel stress in their job and more than half feel that they need help in learning to manage their stress. What is stress? Stress is defined as an experience a person is exposed to through a stimulus or stressor; disruptive forces, a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse [...]

10 10, 2018

Helping Patients with Urinary Tract Infections

2019-12-30T13:23:23-08:00October 10th, 2018|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Career Programs, Classes, Education, Nurses Corner|

In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will begin a discussion on urinary tract infections as a precursor to our upcoming lecture series on “The CNA role in identifying patients at risk for a UTI.” […]

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