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The decision to become a nurse is often an easy one. You want to help people and nursing is a great way to do it. Unfortunately, a lot of bedside nursing can be draining and after a hard shift, [...]

Most nurses switch employers a few times over the course of their career or move to a different position within the same health care facility. Even if you’re happy with your job right now, it’s [...]

The 33-credit Master of Arts in Health Communication is designed to prepare students to excel in communications roles within the health care industry. The program will give working professionals [...]

When patients and families don’t treat nurses with the same level of respect as doctors, it can affect the quality of care. On the flip side, nurses who develop good relationships with their [...]

The results come as no surprise to anyone who has ever worked in the nursing field, but now a new study out of the University of Pennsylvania proves it beyond a reasonable doubt—quality care and [...]

Whether your bad day involved bureaucracy, a toxic co-worker or a patient who passed away, there are tried-and-true ways to make a comeback, right in time to start work the following day. Veteran [...]

Now that the new year is well on its way, are your new year resolutions starting to chafe? Are you struggling to shake off the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head? From Valentine’s Day to [...]

Many new nurses have to endure brusque behavior and cutting criticism from more experienced colleagues once they start their first job. Combined with other factors such as burnout, lack of [...]

Would you like to know exactly which characteristics make a good, or even a great, nurse? Beyond kindness, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, emotional stability, empathy and compassion, learn [...]

Happy Spring, Healthy Nurses! This month, the Healthy Nurse, Healthy New Jersey (HNHNJ) Team will focus on the topic of RESILIENCY. Nursing is such a noble profession, but with it can come many [...]