A perfect storm is coming for nurses. Just when the number of senior citizens who need complex medical care is set to rise sharply, no fewer than one million nurses are leaving the profession. The reason for both things is the same: the baby boomer generation. Luckily, nurses have been increasingly likely to keep working Continue Reading
Last month, Louisiana became the 31st state to join the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Louisiana is a brand new addition to the compact states as it never joined the original Nurse Licensure Compact. This is great news, as it will make it a lot easier for nurses from other states to take up jobs Continue Reading
Memorial Day is the day we remember those who gave their lives in service to their country. Many of those were nurses and today we would like to take a few moments to remember and salute the military nurses of the “Greatest Generation” who served during WWII. Flight nurse Second Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner was Continue Reading
If you are a nurse in the U.S., you already know you need to be on NurseRecruiter. Whether you are interested in travel, permanent or per diem nursing jobs, NurseRecruiter is the best place to explore your options, find your next nursing job and get your resume in front of recruiters for top nurse staffing Continue Reading
Nurses Week should mean appreciation and acknowledgement for all the amazing work you do… but let’s be honest, it also means free stuff! We found out last year already that you can find an impressive amount of special offers for nurses this week, if you look hard enough. Many of the companies that did something extra then Continue Reading
How did we miss this?! Not one, but two nurses came out of nowhere to finish in the top 5 in the prestigious Boston Marathon last month! They beat out almost all the famous professional runners. But it’s not just the times they made that are impressive. It’s the amazing stories behind them! “I still can’t Continue Reading
Do you have any good Nurses Week traditions? We have one, it’s delicious, and it’s all for you! For five years now, we’ve been sending free pizza to nurses during Nurses Week. Back in 2013, we sent 76 pizzas to 194 nurses at 14 hospitals across the U.S. In the years since, we have sent pizza Continue Reading
We all know about it: there is a shortage of experienced nurses across the United States. The nursing shortage is real, as the demand for nurses continues to exceed the supply. It affects everyone, but the nursing shortage is felt particularly acutely in states such as Florida, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Arizona, California, and Hawaii. There is one group Continue Reading
What if you knew about a problem that makes patients have to stay in hospitals longer, suffer more infections, and make it more likely they’ll need to come back for more treatment? That makes nurses unhappier at their work, and more likely to suffer burnout? That actually makes more patients die? What would you do? Would Continue Reading
We came across this story by accident. Meghan is a pediatric ICU nurse with a Twitter account, and all she wanted to do was to share her day with her friends and followers. It was a day like many nurses have, every day… but we’re not kidding if we say it genuinely made us tear up. Continue Reading