Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare’

10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming A Nurse

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

is a respected vocation. We train, sometimes for years, to learn how to appropriately assist doctors and patients. We are quizzed in all manners of medical information and we have to quickly develop bedside manners. But there are a lot of things that schooling and even on the job training don’t really prepare us for.

10) notoriously get very little sleep. Even though there are literally thousands of students in training to become , most medical facilities are short staffed which means somebody has to pick up the slack.

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Non-Online Methods for Finding Nursing Job Leads, that Work

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

We want to come up with dozens of avenues to find the job that we want, and we want to make the process as painless as possible.  Is that possible?  Absolutely. Let’s examine two ways to find job openings:  first, is your and, second, is the  more creative networking via some oddball methods.  Each one has its drawbacks, but each one may also point you in the right direction, provided you use each of them properly.

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Sidestepping Your Way from Nursing Jobs to Other Medical Positions: Health IT

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Many find that it can be pretty taxing to deal with a high number of patients on a regular basis, and as a result, burnout is not uncommon in the field. For a while, there haven’t been many options that allowed for lateral shifts in employment.  For most , supervisor positions or advanced degrees were the main options for taking a break from the doctor’s office or emergency room, but the growing need for workers is offering another option.

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Looking for an Edge with Nursing Jobs? Ohio has You Covered

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

jobs are still abundant in many locations throughout the United States, but that doesn’t mean that they are the best fit for all .  Specifically, there’s been a growing trend to restrict the large number of applicants in states, like , by increasing the minimum education requirements.  For example, positions that might have been a good fit for a registered now require at a bare minimum a bachelor’s of science in nursing.  And in the Buckeye State, educational institutions are taking note.

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What if I Don’t Like the Idea of an Office? Check out Traveling Nursing Jobs

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Home visits are the hallmark of days gone by, when Norman Rockwell would paint portraits of doctors lugging their cases and stethoscopes to homes out on the prairie.  If that sort of work still appeals, then travel jobs might be one answer.

They aren’t designed for entry-level in most states, so that could be a barrier to entry.  In most states, at least one year of full-time experience is required to begin work as a .  Moreover, and other specialties are generally easier to use as transitions.

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