Many recent nurse grads have passed NCLEX and will be sitting for their very first nursing job interview (yay!). I have a video on some of the top nursing interview questions and answers that you might want to watch prior to your interview, but I wanted to share this one type interview question that you […]
Quit a Nursing Job the Right Way by Doing These 5 Things
As a nurse, there will come a time in your career when you’ll feel called to move to a different area, go back to school, retire, or change nursing specialties. This will often mean that you’ll have to quit your current nursing job in order to progress to the next level in your career. But […]
How I Got My First Nursing Job (ICU Step-Down PCU Cardiac)
How did I get my first nursing job? How did I secure a job interview? What area of nursing did I work for my first job? I get asked these questions a lot by my viewers, so let’s get to it. How I Got My First Nursing Job My first nursing job started with my […]
Tips for Communicating with Doctors as a New Nurse or Nursing Student
As a new nurse or nursing student it can be nerve-wracking when communicating with a doctor. Many times it is because you don’t know how to ask for something for a patient. This can be because you’re new to the profession. Your gut tells you something is wrong with the patient, but you don’t know […]
Resume Tips for New Nurse Graduates without Job Experience
Are you graduating from nursing school soon? If so, you need to start working on your resume to submit to potential employers. Many new nurses do not have any job experience in the health care field and are afraid this may hurt their chances for employment. In this article, I am going to give you […]
Where Do Most Nurses Work? Top Industries for Registered Nurses
Where do most nurses work in the United States? What are the most popular industries in terms of employment numbers? Those are all great questions. In this article (and video), I’m going to show you the top five industries for registered nurses. These are the industries in which most RNs work in the United States. […]
Which States Hire the Most Nurses (RNs)? Nursing Employment Statistics
Which states hire the most registered nurses? That’s a great question. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are approximately 2,687,310 registered nurses in the United States, as of 2014. That’s a lot of nurses. But hey, we can never have too many! But which states have the most nurses? California topped the list, […]
8 Ways Nurses Can Increase Their Income
Nursing is not about making money, it’s about providing care to patients and saving lives. However, we all need money to live. In this article (and video), I’m going to reveal eight ways that nurses can increase their income. If you’re currently working as a nurse, these eight strategies could help you grow in your […]
How to Find a Nursing Job
If you’re about to graduate nursing school, or if you’ve been out of the swing of things for a while, then you’re probably wondering how you’re going to find a job. In this article and video, I’m going to give some tips on how to get a job, regardless of whether you’re straight out of […]
Nursing Sign-On Bonuses: What You Need to Know
Nursing sign-on bonuses are often offered by healthcare companies. As a new nurse graduate–or a nurse looking to change specialties or companies–you may have noticed advertisements from companies offering a sign-on bonus. When I got my first job, the company I worked for just stopped offering sign-on bonuses a month or two before I applied. […]
How to Prepare for Your Nursing Job Interview
Finally, your hard work of submitting your nursing resume and applying to jobs has paid off! You’ve got an interview! It is so exciting when you are scheduled for a nursing job interview, but there are some steps you have to take in order to prepare for it. I remember how excited I was for […]
Nursing Resume Templates and Job Guide By Nurse Sarah
Are you a nursing student or recent nurse graduate who is about to begin looking for a job in the nursing field? If so, you probably feel a little intimidated about the job search process (creating resumes, sitting for interviews, etc.). Or maybe you’re already working as a nurse and you’re ready for a new […]
Nursing Report Sheet Templates | Free Report Sheets for Nurses
Nursing report sheets are premade templates of paper used by nurses to help them keep track of their patients. A nursing report sheet is started at the beginning of the nurses shift while she/he is getting report from the leaving nurse who is giving them nursing report. This nursing report sheet should not be confused with the SBAR tool […]
Good Jobs for Nursing Students
Finding a good job as a student nurse and knowing if it is possible to work and go to nursing school can be difficult if you do not know where to look for a job, especially if you are new to the health care field. There are plenty of nursing jobs on the market that can be […]
Nursing Interview tomorrow | What Should I Wear? Help!!
hi I’m a nurse trying very hard to transition from LTC to a acute care hospital. I have a job interview tomorrow at 10 and have no idea what to wear. I live in Massachusetts and there’s snow on the ground. I don’t have a pants suit. Would it be ok to wear dress pants […]
Nursing Jobs and Career Help
Nursing Jobs and Career Help: Graduating from nursing school and passing the NCLEX is just one of the steps of becoming a nurse. Then comes the other hard part: getting a job. This page is designed to connect nurses and nurse graduates with our most popular job help sections. Whether you’re a nurse with 20 years […]
5 Tips on How to Make Your Nursing Resume Stand Out
In today’s job market, there is a lot of job competition. Therefore, it is crucial that in order to stand out from the crowd you must have a professional looking resume with information that will grab the employers’ attention. With the availability of technology and the use of graphic design, people are now able to […]
Does Having an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) Limit Employment Opportunities Compared to a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)?
We received this question from one of our readers and thought it was an excellent question. Many people wonder if having just an associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) will limit them in their career advancement as a nurse. Furthermore, they wonder if they should go ahead and get a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN), and […]
Nursing Resume Templates | Free Resume Templates for Nurses | How to Create a Resume for RN
Looking for free nursing resume templates? Before nurses can secure their nursing jobs, they must go through the application period. This includes creating a resume, submitting a nursing portfolio, and going through the interview process. Nursing jobs are highly competitive, especially certain specialty areas such as OB GYN and Pediatrics fields. So it is very important that […]
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | How to Pass ACLS
What is Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and how can you pass this class in nursing school? Nurses are faced with life-threatening conditions with their patients that require urgent treatment to keep them alive. Nursing students must take a number of courses during nursing school that help them to become very experienced nursing professionals. The advanced cardiac […]
RN Interview Questions | Typical Interview Questions for Registered Nurse Job Position
Graduating from nursing school is one of the biggest obstacles that nursing students accomplish. They now have the degree that can take each of them places. The only thing left to do is to get a job. The application process is relatively easy, but the interview process is another thing. The interview process is very […]
Nursing Portfolio | How to Create, Examples, and What is it?
Most nursing students and nurses create a nursing portfolio to help them keep track of their professional goals, accomplishments, competencies, and skills. For example, an artist creates a portfolio to show their work and accomplishments to future clients. Nurses in a sense keep a portfolio to show future employers who they are and what they […]
Do Nursing School Clinical Count As Experience?
When you go to apply for a job, do nursing school clinicals count as work experience? This is a great question that a lot of students have when applying for their first job after graduation. Nursing school clinicals can be a great experience and they do help you to prepare to work as a nurse. […]
9 Frequently Asked Questions About the Nursing Career
Before most students decide to attend nursing school they wonder how it will be working as a nurse (hours, difficulty, salary, schedule) and if it is a career that fits their personality. Becoming a registered nurse can be one of the most rewarding careers a person can choose. However, it is important the potential nurse researches […]
Nursing School Vs Paramedic School
Many people who are considering going into the healthcare field may ask themselves “What is the difference between a nurse and paramedic?”. When choosing a career path life is full of difficult choices. It takes some careful consideration to make the best choices in life. Deciding upon a career is one of those difficult choices. The medical […]
Can I Be a Registered Nurse in the U.S. if I Transfer From the U.K.?
Nurses often travel, do missionary work, or even change states (or even countries) throughout their careers. One of the questions we often receive on this website is related to moving and how it may affect licensing. As we’ve written many times on this blog, moving between states (at least, within the United States) is often […]
Thinking of Becoming a Registered Nurse: How to Volunteer or Shadow?
Are you thinking of becoming a registered nurse, but you aren’t sure if you’d really like it? Or maybe you are in high school and you are considering entering a nursing program, yet you’d like to get a little experience and see what the actual job is like. If this is the case, what can […]
How to Become a Psychiatric Nurse After a 25 Year Break?
It is very common that, as a nurse, you may one day take a break from your career. Perhaps it will be to raise children, or perhaps you will battle a disease which prevents you from working, or perhaps you just decide you need a break from the nursing world and pursue other goals. Either […]
First Aid & CPR Basic Life Support (BLS) | How to Pass First Aid & CPR in Nursing School?
First Aid & CPR Basic Life Support (BLS) refers to a level of medical care that is used by nurses to handle patients who face life threatening injuries and illnesses. The nursing profession was created for the specific responsibility of caring for the medical needs of patients. When patient’s face life-threatening medical conditions, they depend […]
LPN Interview Questions | Typical Interview Questions for an LPN Job
Once students earn their nursing degree, they may think that the hardest part is all over now, but it isn’t. Once students graduate from nursing school they have to find a job. They cannot depend only on their skills alone to get a job; they must know how to interview so that they can get […]