Career

Why Earn Your Graduate Nursing Degree Online?

Please enjoy this post by guest blogger, Sophia Bernazzani. Are you putting off an advanced nursing degree because you’re worried you’ll need to put your life on hold? The good news is that many online graduate nursing programs, such as Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) programs, offer the same quality, support, and hands-on opportunities as their…

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The Lowdown on CRNAs

Please enjoy this informative guest post by John Keith, Chief CRNA of CRNA Career Pro. What Is a CRNA? A CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) is an advanced practiced registered nurse (APRN) who provides the same anesthesia services as an anesthesiologist (MDA). Nurse anesthetists have been providing anesthesia care in the United States for 150…

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Top 5 Tips and Advice for Tricky Interview Questions

Please enjoy this guest post by guest blogger Samantha Burns of www.team24privatenursing.co.uk and team24.co.uk. If you’re looking for your first job after graduation, then mastering tricky interview questions is a vital step towards success. Whether you are looking for nursing or doctor jobs or general healthcare jobs in the public or private healthcare sector, be…

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Laurel L. Lewis: Death Professional Par Excellence

On November 20th, 2013, we had the pleasure of welcoming Laurel L. Lewis back to RN.FM Radio for her second appearance on the show. This post is a quick roundup of how to connect with Laurel and follow the amazing things that this superlative nurse and death professional brings to the world. First, let’s introduce…

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Avoiding The Pitfalls of Nursing Documentation

On Wednesday, November 6th, 2013, we will be joined on RN.FM Radio by Pat Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC. Pat is a seasoned nurse and Legal Nurse Consultant with an enormous breadth and depth of experience . She will be discussing the importance of nursing documentation and how to make EMRs your friend–rather than a professional…

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Three Tips To Keeping Your Nursing License Safe

In nursing school, they never taught us about the specific laws that we are required to follow to keep our license safe as a nurse. They taught us about ethics. I vaguely recall the Nurse Practice Act from which the most important advice from that is “Don’t have sex with a patient,” which I would…

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The Future of Vocational Nursing

In response to a question on Linked In regarding the future of vocational nursing (LPNs and LVNs), Keith wrote the following today in response. Do you agree or disagree? The future of vocational nursing is very hard to predict at the moment. While there is a move towards making a Bachelors Degree the common denominator…

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