Brittney Wilson, BSN, RN

Brittney Wilson, BSN, RN, a bachelors-prepared registered nurse, is the founder and owner of The Nerdy Nurse® and TheNerdyNurse.com. She is award-winning author, blogger, and community manager. In addition, she is an international keynote speaker and influencer in the nursing and healthcare technology communities. Brittney is the author of The Nerdy Nurse's Guide to Technology and co-author of The Nurse's Guide to Blogging. She blogs about nursing, technology, health IT, at other healthcare topics at thenerdynurse.com. Want more information about Brittney, her background, and nursing expertise? Check out the about page.

Students and RN's, being able to define and attain an appropriate nursing goal is crucial to your existence as a great RN.

How to Define and Attain a Nursing Goal in a Nursing Care Plan

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Last week we talked about the importance of Nurse Mission Statements. This week let’s take it a step further and discuss Nursing Goals.

If you’re in nursing school and reading this, you may be tempted to stop reading because you’re sick and tired of care plans. You stay up until the wee hours of the morning in order to craft the perfect care plan and you think to yourself “I’m not even going to use this as a nurse!”. And if you’re already a practicing registered nurse, you may feel that discussing nursing goals is irrelevant now. In both situations, however, I say this: being able to define and attain an appropriate nursing goal is crucial to your existence as a great RN.

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17 Inspirational and Empowering Nurse Quotes

17 Inspirational and Empowering Nurse Quotes

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Being a nurse is one of the hardest things in the world. Too often nurses become burned out because they feel like they just give and give without every getting anything in return. Many nurses find that nurse prayers can offer just what they need to keep on going. But some nurses don’t pray. For those nurses, these nurse quotes may help you feel inspired to face another day!

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Considering the NCLEX is such a daunting test and requires a lot of preparation, which is the best NCLEX review to help you pass your boards?

Is Nursing.com Nursing Student Academy the Best NCLEX Review?

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Every nursing student has come to this point of their senior semester where they begin to think beyond the cap and gown of graduation to sitting for their NCLEX. Finding out how to pass the NCLEX is a huge priority. Considering the NCLEX is such a daunting test and requires a lot of preparation, I can imagine what many people’s next reasonable question would be: Which is the best NCLEX review to help me pass my boards?

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A New Nurses Week Gift Idea - The Art of Nursing

A New Nurses Week Gift Idea – The Art of Nursing

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If you were to ask me if I had a new and improved nurses week gift idea, I could give you a laundry list of suggestions. Every year, May 6th quietly approaches on the heels of Cinco de Mayo, and subsequently ushers in a new National Nurses Week. The ANA has designated 2017 “the year of the healthy nurse” with National Nurses Week getting a focus on wellness, as well. Their whole premise for the 2017 celebrations is to encourage nurses to take steps in balancing their mind, body, and spirit. This week is important for us as nurses because

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I switched to T-Mobile and my only regret has been that I didn’t do it sooner. Check out the 5 reasons why I switched to T-Mobile and why you should too.

5 Reasons I Switched to T-Mobile – And You Should Too!

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I switched to T-Mobile and my only regret has been that I didn’t do it sooner. 5 Reasons I Switched to T-Mobile Breaking up with your phone company can be similar to ending a relationship: you ponder the decision for a while, you reminisce about all the negative traits that get your blood boiling, and you sit there at the end of the day and wonder if there’s maybe a better option available… one that just fits your lifestyle and needs a little better. That was my story when I broke up with one national phone company and starting discussing

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The History of the Nursing Profession

The History of the Nursing Profession Goes Beyond Florence Nightingale: A Look at Suzanne Aubert

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We all know at least one famous nurses. But there are other nurses who’ve made an impact on the history of the nursing profession that deserves their story to be told. Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) is one of those nurses. The History of the Nursing Profession Born to French bourgeois parents who considered a good marriage should be the pinnacle of their daughter’s achievements, Suzanne Aubert was a rebel. To her family’s horror, she wished to be both a nun and a nurse. In 1854, working alongside Florence Nightingale, she tended Crimea War veterans, gaining a reputation for bone-setting and pharmacology.

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