It’s true, correctional nursing suffers from something of an unfair stigma. But we talked with a corrections nurse who made a passionate case for the importance of the work — and has some reassuring words to spare! We got to know Brittany through our nurse photo contests, and soon realized she had valuable experience to […]
They say nursing is a calling. But when your mom is a nurse and you’re following in her footsteps, you don’t need to be told. You’ve seen it in action — from back when you were just a little kid! Some nurses always knew what they wanted to be. Some are military veterans. Some doggedly […]
We won’t get tired of repeating this: in our nurse photo contest, every photo or set of photos we publish anywhere is a winner! Send in a photo of yourself in your work scrubs or with your colleagues, and add something about yourself. That’s it, that’s how simple it is — everything else is up […]
No bubble wrap from us for Nurses Week! (Cause, yeah, that happened). Instead, we offered you a choice of gift cards that are actually useful… and picked 29 lucky winners! We weren’t the only ones handing out gifts, though. This is going to sound super sappy, but it’s true. When you nominated your favorite nurse […]
You work in veteran care or women’s health, in hospice or neuro. You’re weathering the stress of dealing with a Code Blue in the ICU, or traveling around the country administering vaccines. You’re an RN, LPN, or NP… and you’re proud to show us who you are, and what you’re passionate about. This is why […]
We’re always going on about how travel nursing is great because it gets you into all kinds of different work settings. Good for your professional development, enhances your skills, yadda yadda yadda, you know the drill! But what if it actually gets you a proper Hollywood-style job, working with the stars?! Just before Christmas we […]
When Sister Aileen Trainor retired from her job at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, Oregon, she had worked in that very same place as a nurse in various roles for an astounding fifty-one years. Having started at St. Joseph Medical Center in nearby Bellingham in 1966 before joining Sacred Heart in 1971 — […]
One of the things we consider most valuable about this blog is that it allows us to share the important and inspiring stories nurses have to tell. Stories that are not heard often enough! Whether it’s accounts of heartbreaking bravery during the pandemic, moving tributes to nurse mentors or role models, an eyewitness account of […]
Did you hear about the Nurses Week rock? Apparently, nurses at a hospital in California we won’t name here were surprised with a very ‘special’ Nurses Week gift this year: a rock. Well, more of a pebble actually. Seriously. It came with a little note exhorting them “to paint an image, a word, or a […]
We are so happy today! It feels good to be able to help a nursing student on her way to fulfil her dream — and not just any nursing student! Because this is a future nurse with a story. What am I talking about? We are announcing the newest NurseRecruiter.com Scholarship winner, and I think […]
