Category: Nursing

Health Careers: Recession Proof!

28 January, 2008 (10:30) | Careers, Nursing

Yes, we may be in the middle of a recession, but did you know that one of the most recession proof jobs is one in the health industry?
The reason that health careers are so stable is that they meet a fundamental human need. Unlike big screen televisions and big gas guzzling cars, a […]

19 Technologies That Changed Nursing Careers Forever

23 September, 2007 (15:35) | Careers, Nursing, Technology

From the very beginning of nursing as a formal career with standardized education programs in the late 19th century, there have been several points of rapid change thanks to new health-related technologies. What has been called the “germ revolution” and the understanding of the sources of infection was one such turning point, the introduction of […]

Tickle My Funnybone!

18 December, 2006 (09:18) | Health, Humor, Nursing

Tickle my funny bone!
I was working in an elementary school in North Jersey. It was School Nurses Day and I was being treated like a Queen. Breakfast from McDonald’s (there goes my diet), a beautiful vase of flowers and my most treasured items-cards from all the students. There was one card that just tickled me […]

Tattoos, they are on the rise!

25 September, 2006 (06:56) | Health, Nursing

Tattoos, they are on the rise! I must have to deal with a new tattoo at least once a week. I think it has to do with the expression “express yourself”. I always preach the dangers of tattooing and the permanence of the procedure to my students.
I never dreamed that a son of mine would […]