Uniform Advantage has long been a supporter of The Nursing Site and The Nursing Site Blog. THANK you UA! Check out their great line of uniforms, lab coats and SCRUBS!!! This year for Nurses Week Uniform Advantage is offering a $50 gift card towards purchase of their fabulous line of scrubs. To enter the drawing for this fabulous Nurses Week Give Away you need to post a comment either here or on any of the Facebook links. Deadline is May 15 and the winners will be announced in a blog post on May 18. Prompt for today is: Nurses often say they LOVE being a nurse, but HATE their job.…
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Nurses Week Give Away # 3 — Autographed Books
Happy Nurses Week! Give Away #3 I was very naive entering nursing school and coming into this profession. Like many, as a little girl I played nurse with my dolls. I had a strong desire to not be like the MEAN nurse Alice who treated me and my family members growing up. There had to be a better way! I had no idea what I would learn and encounter as a nursing student and a new nurse. My eyes were opened. In many ways I was very lucky to have some very good mentors and co-workers, but I also had my share of encounters with nurses who love to eat…
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Nurses Week Give Aways # 2 — Stethoscopes from Discount Medical Supplies
Happy Nurses Week! This is Nurses Week Give Away Day 2. I want to say Thank you Discount Medical Supplies for the donation of 10 stethoscopes for our Nurses Week celebration. Please visit their website www.discountmedicalsupplies.com/store and like them on Facebook. Stethoscopes are essential tools for nurses! Today’s Prompt is: Why do/did you want to become a nurse… and not just because you want to help people… give us something more than this please. Enter to win one of these 10 stethoscopes from Discount Medical Supplies by responding to the Prompt (just a sentence) either in the Comments below, or by posting a comment to the link for this post…
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Nurses Week Give Away #1 — Nabee Socks
Happy Nurses Week! This year we have some great give aways thanks to the generosity of some wonderful companies. The FIRST give away comes from Nabee Socks. If you haven’t seen these, you’ve been missing out on some great style and comfort! Anyone who spends their work day on their feet as much as nurses do needs some comfort and care for their feet and legs. Nabee socks offer compression therapy to “your legs and feet, which aids in your body’s ability to pump blood back towards the heart and results in a number of health and comfort benefits.” Nabee socks were designed by nurses to meet the needs of…
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Nurse Practitioners Alleviate Shortage in Areas Where Physicians Are Scarce
Primary care providers treat patients of many ages with a variety of health problems. Sometimes called “family doctors,” physicians who have typically filled this role are aging and many of their younger counterparts aren’t willing to fill their shoes. Over the next decade, one out of every three physicians will retire, and by 2020, the physician shortage is estimated to be between 24,000 and 200,000. Adding to the problem is the surge of Americans who have entered the health care system with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act. Google Images While staffing challenges exist across the board, rural primary care is facing an extraordinary struggle. Many physicians are less…