Any nurse, or someone who works in the medical profession, who has worked in a hospital or clinic for even one single day has most likely seen numerous bouquets of flowers being sent to patients to brighten their room, or sent to the staff as a token of gratitude for their [...]
Every year thousands of nurses experience back pain and hip pain as a result of "the job", from standing on their feet all day, carrying and moving equipment, moving patients, and more. Even the increase in the number of obese patients is making work more perilous, as the manual handling of [...]
Nurses and those in the medical profession are often thought of as angels of mercy, always kind, always patient, and always without a rude bone in their bodies. Patients and families often come into clinics and hospitals in foul moods, altered states, upset and demanding, and countless other behaviors might be [...]
The scene is not uncommon in hospitals. A friend or family member is very ill and the loved ones gather around the bed, in the hallway, in the hospital chapel, to pray. Words of hope are sent off into the heavens with requests for healing or, at the very least, and [...]
When many people think of a nurse the same old mental picture pops into their mind – a nurse in a white uniform with white shoes in a hospital. Period. Is that it? Obviously not! For anyone considering a nursing career, or any nurse considering a change in career path, we've [...]
The Tradition and Roll of Caring for Mother and Child Every year men and women across the country follow the calling to become nurses, to care for those who need care, to be of assistance to those who heal, and to be of service in the health and well-being practice to [...]
A sick child. Just those few words can bring up emotions from sadness to fear to despair. For some people, the words are a challenge for change and for hope. These people are the special nurses of the pediatric unit. What exactly is a pediatric nurse? Simply put, a pediatric nurse [...]
"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear." - Florence Nightengale From March 1918 to June 1920 the world held its collective breath as an estimated 21 million people around the world, roughly one third of the worlds population, came down with the Spanish flu. In the United [...]
There is probably nothing more frightening than when a loved one's life hangs in the balance after a medical emergency. As the patient is rushed into the hospital, ambulance lights flashing, family members hold their breath and look to the professionals in the hospital for any sign of hope and word [...]
A lot of people picture nurses in only one place – a hospital. The picture may be cliché, but it really is the most common picture we're given in the media, in pictures, and even in storybooks when we are children growing up. Nurses are everywhere, and called upon to take [...]
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