Search Tag: Nursing
2024 05 Mar
Nurses play a crucial role in healthcare delivery, often working demanding shift patterns that can impact their physical health, mental wellbeing, and overall quality of life. Shift length, timing, and rotation are all factors that can affect nurse wellbeing, and it's essential to organise these shifts in ways that promote their health and job...Read more
2024 30 Jan
Job security can often be a challenge that faces many professions - particularly as new and emerging technologies challenge the existing frameworks of office roles. However, one discipline experiencing unprecedented growth is the demand for medical professionals such as physicians and nurses. Recent data published by the U.S. Bureau of...Read more
2023 24 Dec
Nursing can seem like a complicated field, with the variety of acronyms and definitions that make up the broad classification of roles - and as a result, sometimes it can be difficult to understand just what a nursing course teaches you and how it can empower you in the workplace. As a highly regarded profession, a qualification in nursing,...Read more
2023 24 Dec
Once you've decided to pursue a career in nursing, the next logical step is to figure out which school will be the best fit for you. However, this task can often feel a little daunting. You will need to start researching schools, preparing for entrance exams, and assembling any required materials. This guide aims to help you navigate this process...Read more
2023 08 Sep
The World Economic Forum speculates the world could be short 13 million nurses by 2030. There are various reasons for this, with exhaustion, burnout and mistreatment ranking the top three. The COVID-19 pandemic also played a role in this figure, with an estimated 115,000 deaths in the worldwide workforce of healthcare workers. To...Read more
2023 30 Aug
Nursing is a challenging and difficult career and one that, while rewarding, isn’t always the most rewarded path to take. Some motivations for nursing include feeling it is a calling to help give patients something they really need - steady work, standardised pay grades, established predictable best practices and employee benefits while working a shift,...Read more
2023 16 Jul
Becoming a nurse is a lucrative but demanding career path. You have a steady annual average income of $77,600 , paid vacations, and health insurance benefits. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree lasts four years, and choosing a nursing program is also a viable option after an undergrad degree in another subject. However, nurses...Read more
2022 13 May
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) released its International Nurses Day (IND) toolkit on 12 May 2022, a report that provides multisectoral guidance to nursing stakeholders globally. In releasing this document, ICN’s goal is to support the implementation of the WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery: 2021-2025 (SDNM) . The...Read more
2022 11 May
To mark the contributions that nurses make to society, International Nurses Day is internationally observed every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth, since 1974. Every year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) provides promotional and educational material in support of this day. Each year, International Nurses...Read more
2022 09 Feb
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island of Great Britain. I hope you had an excellent and HEALTHY start to the new year! The first month is over, and another eleven are ahead of us. I am sure we all know that the next few months will be pretty challenging for all of us. I missed my January article for some good reasons. Well,...Read more
2020 29 Dec
While adherence to evidence-based protocols for sepsis care ('SEP-1 bundles') can help reduce in-hospital mortality and length of stay, a new U.S. study ( Lasater et al. 2020) says improving patient-to-nurse staffing ratios has greater impact on patient outcomes. You might also like: How preventable are in-hospital sepsis-associated...Read more
2020 06 Jul
Medical errors must be prevented as much as possible so as not to jeopardise patient safety. In nursing, studies have found that the most common mistakes are made in relation to medication, documentation, infection prevention, miscommunication and falls. You might also like: New hospital policies and procedures required for...Read more
2020 04 Feb
Nurses in the U.S., both male and female, are at higher risk of suicide than the general population, shows one recent study, while another, conducted in the UK, explores the relationship between compassion fatigue and nurse turnover. You may also like: Resilience: The Airbag for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professions Suicide...Read more
2020 29 Jan
In 10 years, the healthcare system will be a different beast. The power of technology and data will change the way we face the current challenges driving us towards more integrated care based on population health and value, with increased patient engagement. This all means the old healthcare provision paradigm is crumbling. Not that hospitals will...Read more
2020 29 Jan
Summary: The World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’ in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. President of the European Nurse Directors Association explains why it is so important to global health. World Health Organization (WHO) is the collaborating partner...Read more
2019 13 Nov
Summary: Instilling an attitude of resilience in healthcare staff allows them to meet their challenges and effectively recover from setbacks. Every healthcare provider has to face a number of stresses and difficult situations when providing daily care for patients. This puts members of the healthcare profession at risk of anxiety, depression,...Read more