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A Washington state senator who said that some nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” received about 1,700 decks of playing cards and thousands of calls and comments [...]

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6 through May 12. The final day aligns with the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This week is devoted to highlighting all the ways in which [...]

Patt Moon-Updike was only three days into her position as a psychiatric nurse when a young patient with a history of aggression kicked her in the throat, collapsing her trachea. “All I remember [...]

A patient charged with manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of a nurse at Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Louisiana two weeks ago has been arrested. The nurse finished her shift the [...]

“The clock has run out on sexual assault, harassment and inequality in the health care workplace. It’s time to do something about it.” That’s the slogan for Time’s Up Health Care, a campaign [...]

When there is an error in the process, we need to report it. How else are we to determine what happened? How else can we investigate, fix and hopefully prevent the error from happening again? [...]

Incidents of serious workplace violence are four times more likely in the health care industry than in private industry, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nurses, [...]

One of the main focuses of a new study was to examine how many nurses in the workplace today report feeling burned out. According to the report, 15.6% of all nurses reported feelings of burnout, [...]

Many times in your nursing career, your seemingly awesome shift will turn crazy in a moment. The mark of a good nurse is staying calm in the midst of chaos. This is when your prioritization [...]

Join Jim Puente for his presentation on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), which includes an overview of the NLC, how the multi-state licensing works, the status of pending legislation in various [...]