August 2012 – Nurse Recruiter

MSN Careers

There has been more and more emphasis on increased education for nurses. It’s becoming increasingly common for employers to require that nurses go back to school to receive more education. Nurses are also calling for their peers to gain more education as a way to make their voices heard. The MSN degree — a master’s […]

Nurses Branch Out

More than 120,000 nurses now work outside the profession, according to Florida Today. While this might seem like a problem, especially against the background of the nursing shortage, nurses in Florida don’t see it that way. The expansion of the field beyond bedpans and blood pressure checks allows RNs to utilize their knowledge and experience […]

Reducing Nurse Burnout to Improve Patient Care

When nurses are happier and healthier, their patients have better medical outcomes. So it makes sense that the opposite is true as well — that unhappy, burned-out nurses have patients who are at higher risk for health-care associated infection rates. Burned-out nurses thus can cost hospitals millions of dollars annually. A recent study summarized by […]

NurseRecruiter.com Newsletter: August 2012

Editor’s Letter A big Thank You to all the nurses, doctors, support staff, and blood donors that gave of themselves to help the victims in Aurora, CO last month. Our thoughts are with you. This month I am focusing my attention on traumatic brain injuries. The field is huge, so I am spotlighting a few […]