Today, May 8, is National Student Nurses Day and we have a special guest post to help provide some useful financial tips for nursing students from an aspiring freelancer writer Lauren Davidson. *************************************** Today’s Give-Away is an autographed copy of my Amazon Best Selling book, The Everything New Nurse Book, Second Edition. And I’ll throw in a copy of the latest update to the book, The New Nurse Handbook. Remember to comment here or on the Facebook page. THEN you MUST email me your contact info to be entered in to the drawing. …
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NURSES WEEK 2017: MAY 7
Don’t forget… Register NOW for the FREE webinar from the American Nurses Association entitled A Nurse’s Guide to Preventing Compassion Fatigue, Moral Distress, and Burnout. Receive 1.9 CE and enjoy a great discussion. Deadline to register is Tuesday, May 9, and the webinar is scheduled for May 10. Nurse.com offers a Free Resource Guide. Check it out. I hope you’re enjoying Nurses Week. Hopefully you’re enjoying some of the freebies we posted yesterday. Today is Day 2 of Nurses Week and as a Sunday I hope you have the day off to relax and replenish; if not this week, hopefully next weekend. A book I’d like to recommend is The…
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Nurses Week 2017 — Rules for Give Aways
This year we have several new Give-Aways for #NursesWeek 2017 — May 6-12. The ANA theme is Nursing: The Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit. We have several books from nurses, some pens, and discounts to courses. Stay tuned. We will announce a new #GiveAway each day. The rules to win are simple: Just COMMENT on the Blog Post OR on The Nursing Site Facebook post. THEN you MUST email me your contact information with your CONTACT INFO as the Subject line– If I can’t contact you, you’re eliminated automatically Enter Daily for each post ALL names will go into a hat and be drawn at random for each #GiveAway…
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ACA HAS NOT CHANGED with passage of House bill
Happy Cinco de Mayo! And stay tuned for some really great information prizes for Nurses Week May 6-12. I also hope you will educate your families and your patients that even though the ACA Repeal and Replace Act passed the House, it is NOT the law! There is a process to be followed. The Senate has to approve it first, but they have already indicated they will not consider it and instead plan to write their own version which will then have to be approved in the House. And then it won’t become law until 2019! Therefore NOTHING has changed. Your insurance is the same as it was yesterday! Don’t…
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When Nurse Practitioners Step Forward
Nurse practitioners have been in the news in early 2017, and for very good reason; the time for nurse practitioners (NPs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to step forward has come, and the world is taking notice. In defining NPs, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) states the following on their website: “Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have been providing primary, acute and specialty healthcare to patients of all ages and walks of life for nearly half a century. NPs assess patients, order and interpret diagnostic tests, make diagnoses, and initiate and manage treatment plans – including prescribing medications. They are the healthcare providers of choice for millions of patients.”…