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Image by Tara Winstead via Pexels Did the stories of Florence Nightingale—the Lady with the Lamp—inspire you to become a nurse? Or were you always interested in looking after people? Regardless of what brought you here, one thing is certain: a career in nursing is incredibly rewarding.  As a nurse, you have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives every day. Even the financial prospects aren’t bad. Yearly, registered...
Image by Vadymvdrobot via Freepik The thing is, a career in nursing is not for the faint of heart. As a nurse, you’d agree to that—wouldn’t you?  In your role as a bedside nurse, you are on your feet for 12 hours a day—even more on some days. Just having enough time to drink water or use the restroom is a challenge. Even taking a real lunch break is a luxury you can’t afford. But none of that seems to matter as long as you’re making a...
Image from Unsplash Nurses will always be in demand. No matter where you go, they’re the backbone of every medical institution, working diligently behind the scenes.  The nursing workforce makes up the bulk of the healthcare profession in the U.S. It is nearly four times the size of the physician workforce, according to the National Library of Medicine (NIH) . The history of nursing is an interesting one. Although historians can’t...
Image from Pexels  What floods your mind when you think of nursing? Hospital settings where professionals wearing scrubs care for patients in bed, right?  The role of nursing is associated with bedside care. But is it the only thing nursing has to offer?  While hospital setting and bedside care are central to the profession, nursing includes a wide range of roles that go beyond patient care. Those roles are just as rewarding as...
Image by Wayne Fotografias via Pexels The pandemic laid bare the shortcomings of an already overburdened healthcare industry with labor shortages and failing infrastructure. Thankfully, the nursing sector has shown resilience.  Healthcare workers such as nurses realize there’s a world beyond hospital beds and sick patients. Career opportunities are becoming more accessible for newly qualified nurses. They are furthering their careers...
Image by pandpstock001 via Adobe Stock A lot has changed since nurses walked around hospitals in skirts and stockings. Fifty years ago, doctors treated nurses as assistants, and most administrators saw the role as an extension of a women's caregiving. Today, nursing makes up one of the largest workforce in healthcare. And as the American baby boomer population ages, will the nursing workforce. A variety of factors influence trends...