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Why Personal Branding is Important for Nurses

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Even if you’re gainfully and happily employed, you still need to be aware of your personal brand as a professional nurse. Treat your career as a business and market yourself accordingly. Are you happy with the your current income level, your current role, and your current opportunities for growth? Or do you want to to do more in your nursing career? Do you want to grow in your profession? Do you want your business to be a long term success with constant growth, or do you want to stay exactly where you are at in your nursing career?

7 Reasons Why Nurses Need a Tablet: Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad2, or Nook Tablet

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Tablets have become an exciting game changer in technology and healthcare. Nurses can benefit from owning tablets and the Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple iPad 2, and Nook Tablet are all worth taking a look at. It is no secret that this nerdy nurse is a fan of tablet computers. I still swoon over my iPad [...]

Interruption Awareness: Developing a Safer Norm in Nurse Practice Settings

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Do folks realize that I need to concentrate on important details when I am administering medications?

Do they understand that interruptions are a source of medical errors? Sometimes catastrophic ones?

Does anyone care that an environment of endless interruptions can cause horrible stress on caregivers?

Great Gift Ideas for Nurses, Nursing Students, and Nursing Instructors

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If there is a nurse in your life that you’d like to honor by gifting with a small token of your appreciation, there are several great and inexpensive items that any nurse would flip over. Whether it’s your mother, wife, sister, co-worker, and caregiver, there are some gifts that almost any nurse would love. These [...]

The Millionaire Nurse Review

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If there is a nurse in your life who you feel could use a push in the right financial direction, this would be a thoughtful and practical Christmas gift. Honestly, even if you don’t think they need a push in the right direction (because for some strange reason non-nurses seem to think that nurses are loaded…) this is still an excellent and practical tool to promote personal wealth.

10 Things A Healthcare Blogger Can Learn at Blog World Expo

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While I’m sure I could fill an entire blog with things I learned at Blog World Expo, these are a few gems to get you started.

A Guide to Nursing Specialties: Infographic

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Options for nurses have grown dramatically as breakthroughs in treatment and science have exploded in recent years. And demand? With nearly 55% of all nurses expected to retire during the next decade, opportunities for those with the skills and passion to serve in this profession are vast. Exploring this prestigious calling is a first step for all future, licensed nurses. Of those taking the examination all licensed nurses must take and pass, 59% held an Associate Degree in Nursing. Many who pass this exam will continue on to receive their R.N. and advanced degrees in nursing.

NURSING2012 Drug Handbook Giveaway and Breast Cancer Awareness Support

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NURSING2012 Drug Handbook, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the 32nd edition, best-seller, of the original drug handbook for nurses. It features more that 1,000 generic drugs and 3,000 brand-name drugs. With a focus on highlighting patient safety, there is an updated color photoguide of brand name medications.

Puncture: Feature Film Showcases Risk of Needlestick Injuries for Nurses

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PUNCTURE features Chris Evans, who portrays Micheal Weiss, a drug-addict Erin Brockovich or sorts, in a dramatic and captivating manner that is both shocking and inspiring. Despite his flaws, the mistakes he had made, and those he continued to make in his personal life, he is an underdog who stands up for what was right until the very end.

10 Tips For Blogging Success as a Healthcare Professional

As a healthcare provider who wants to blog, you have these!

A few things that I think has made my experience with blogging more fulfilling and have increased my reach, and consequently expanded the impact of my voice in the blogosphere: