Providing nursing care to patients in need is a 24 hour a day, 365 days a year job; working holidays is required. Though working holidays can be hard, successfully combining your work schedule and traditional celebrations takes effort and planning. Come learn a few tips in making it all work.

Wondering how to conduct research? Think you can't make recommendations for nursing interventions for your facility? This article will use a real-life scenario to guide you through the simple steps of unit-based research, making evidence-based recommendations and improving patient outcomes.

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Providing quality care means abiding by nursing ethical standards as set forth in the Code of Ethics and the Nightingale Pledge. Reviewing these guidelines and performing self-examination helps prepare nurses for daily ethical decision-making.

Thinking about a nursing career? What are your options? How long does it take? What do all those different titles mean? Find out the meaning of all those nursing titles and initials, how much education is needed, and what the basic duties are. Come find out if a career in nursing is for you!

Feel run down after your shift but still need to take care of the family, the pets, the house, the PTA, the..... Nurses seem to care for everyone else but don't have enough time for themselves. Come and examine some ways to take care of the most important person in nursing - YOU!

Working night shift is challenging and yet can be very rewarding. What can be done to lessen the stress and concerns of working opposite others? What about having a social life? What dangers and rewards lurk in the wee hours of the morning? Come and learn of the night owls of healthcare.

We experience change every day, but most of us resist change. Lewin's Change Theory is effective in making change in nursing practice as well as personal lives. Come and explore the three-step process of unfreezing-change-refreezing to plan, implement, and make permanent change for quality outcomes

What is horizontal violence? Why is a caring profession not nurturing those new to the profession? Let's look at some steps to support those victims of incivility or horizontal violence and improve not only morale but the care we give our patients. Caring for others includes fellow nurses.

What is the least expensive, fastest and most effective means to control infection? Washing your hands! The term hand hygiene refers to all manners of keeping hands clean and limiting the cross-contamination between patients and health care workers. But there are important points to remember.